tsutsugamushi

tsutsugamushi
A form of typhus caused by and transmitted by chiggers.
Syn: scrub typhus

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  • Tsutsugamushi — Fièvre fluviale du Japon La Fièvre fluviale du Japon (également appelé «  typhus à chiques » ou typhus des broussailles) est une forme de typhus provoqué par la bactérie Orientia tsutsugamushi (anciens noms : Rickettsia… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • tsutsugamushi disease — [tso͞o΄tso͞o gə mo͞o′shē] n. [Jpn < tsutsuga, danger, disease, harm + mushi, insect] SCRUB TYPHUS …   English World dictionary

  • Tsutsugamushi disease — A mite borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, characteristically with fever, headache, a raised (macular) rash, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and a dark crusted ulcer (called an eschar or tache noire) at… …   Medical dictionary

  • Tsutsugamushi-Fieber — Das Tsutsugamushi Fieber (auch: Scrub Typhus oder Japanisches Flussfieber) ist eine mit dem Fleckfieber vergleichbare Infektionskrankheit. Erreger in Mauszelle Der Erreger ist der Orientia tsutsugamushi (zu den Rickettsiaceae gehörend). Er wird… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • tsutsugamushi disease — noun Etymology: Japanese tsutsugamushi scrub typhus mite, from tsutsuga sickness + mushi insect Date: 1906 scrub typhus …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tsutsugamushi disease — [ˌtsu:tsu:gə mʊʃi] noun another term for scrub typhus. Origin early 20th cent.: tsutsugamushi, from the Japanese name of the mite which transmits the disease …   English new terms dictionary

  • tsutsugamushi mite — noun : any of several mites of the genus Trombicula that are vectors of the rickettsia causing tsutsugamushi disease …   Useful english dictionary

  • tsutsugamushi — tsu·tsu·ga·mu·shi …   English syllables

  • tsutsugamushi — …   Useful english dictionary

  • tsutsugamushi disease — /tsooh tseuh geuh mooh shee, tsooh /, Pathol. See scrub typhus. [ < Japn tsutsuga mushi typhus mite, equiv. to tsutsuga hindrance, ailment (earlier tutu(n)ga, deriv. of tutumi to hinder, with ka place) + mushi vermin] * * * …   Universalium

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