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Orientia tsutsugamushi
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Definition
: A gram-negative, rod-shaped to coccoid bacterium. It is the etiologic agent of SCRUB TYPHUS in humans and is transmitted by mites from rodent reservoirs.
infection
Other names
Rickettsia tsutsugamushi
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
scrub typhus antigen 22
145138-48-3
*Antigens, Bacterial
*Bacterial Proteins
Orientia tsutsugamushi.
Microb Pathog 1991 Jul;11(1):19-31