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Orientia tsutsugamushi (from ****anese
tsutsuga meaning "illness", and
mushi meaning "insect") is a mite-borne
bacterium belonging to the
family Rickettsiaceae...
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species Orientia tsutsugamushi and
Orientia chuto,
which both
cause scrub typhus in humans.
Orientia chiloensis is a
possible new
species of
Orientia identified...
- or bush
typhus is a form of
typhus caused by the
intracellular parasite Orientia tsutsugamushi, a Gram-negative α-proteobacterium of
family Rickettsiaceae...
- (Rickettsia prowazekii, R. typhi)
react with P.
vulgaris OX19, and
scrub typhus (
Orientia tsutsugamushi)
reacts with P.
mirabilis OXK. The
spotted fever group rickettsiae...
- The
scrub typhus group has been
reclassified as a
related new genus,
Orientia, but they
still are in the
order Rickettsiales and
accordingly still are...
- by
Rickettsia prowazekii spread by body lice,
scrub typhus is
caused by
Orientia tsutsugamushi spread by chiggers, and
murine typhus is
caused by Rickettsia...
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Rickettsia aeschlimannii infection Mite-borne
Rickettsia akari Rickettsialpox Orientia tsutsugamushi Scrub typhus Flea-borne
Rickettsia felis Flea-borne spotted...
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causative organism has been
reclassified from
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi to
Orientia tsutsugamushi.[citation needed]
Examples of
rickettsioses include typhus...
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Rickettsia aeschlimannii infection Mite-borne
Rickettsia akari Rickettsialpox Orientia tsutsugamushi Scrub typhus Flea-borne
Rickettsia felis Flea-borne spotted...
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family Trombiculidae, that are able to
infect humans with
scrub typhus (
Orientia tsutsugamushi infection)
through their bite. The
larval form (called chiggers)...
