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Scrub typhus
Scrub typhus
Classification & external resources
| ICD-10 |
A75.3 |
| ICD-9 |
081.2 |
| DiseasesDB |
31715 |
| eMedicine |
derm/841 ped/2710 |
| MeSH |
D012612 |
Scrub typhus is a form of typhus caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and transmitted by chiggers, which are found in areas of heavy scrub vegetation. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle pain, cough, and gastrointestinal symptoms. More virulent strains can cause hemorrhaging and intravascular coagulation.
An early attempt to create a scrub typhus vaccine occurred in the United Kingdom in 1937 (with the Wellcome Foundation infecting around 300,000 cotton rats in a classified project called "Operation Tyburn"), but the vaccine was not used.
References
- Animal Welfare Information Center Newsletter, Summer 1994, Vol. 5, no. 2
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Bacterial diseases (primarily A00-A79, 001-041,080-109) |
| G+/Firmicutes |
Clostridium (Pseudomembranous colitis, Botulism, Tetanus, Gas gangrene) - Streptococcus A and B (Scarlet fever, Erysipelas) - Staphylococcus (Toxic shock syndrome) - Bacilli (Anthrax, Listeriosis) |
| G+/Actinobacteria |
Mycobacterium: Tuberculosis (Ghon focus, Ghon's complex, Tuberculous meningitis, Pott's disease, Scrofula, Bazin disease, Lupus vulgaris, Miliary tuberculosis) - Leprosy - Lady Windermere syndrome - Buruli ulcer -
Actinomycetales: Actinomycosis - Nocardiosis - Diphtheria - Erythrasma |
| G-/Spirochetal |
Syphilis (Bejel) - Yaws - Pinta - Relapsing fever - Noma - Trench mouth - Lyme disease - Rat-bite fever (Sodoku) - Leptospirosis |
| G-/Chlamydiae |
Chlamydophila (Psittacosis) - Chlamydia (Chlamydia, Lymphogranuloma venereum, Trachoma) |
| G-/α Proteobacteria |
Rickettsioses (Typhus, Scrub typhus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Boutonneuse fever, Q fever, Trench fever, Rickettsialpox) - Brucellosis - Cat scratch fever
Bartonellosis (Bacillary angiomatosis) |
| G-/β&γ Proteobacteria |
Salmonella (Typhoid fever, Paratyphoid fever, Salmonellosis) - other intestinal (Cholera, Shigellosis) - Zoonotic (Bubonic plague, Tularemia, Glanders, Melioidosis, Pasteurellosis) - Other: Pertussis - Meningococcus (Meningococcemia, Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome) - Legionellosis - Brazilian purpuric fever - Chancroid - Donovanosis - Gonorrhea |
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This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Scrub_typhus". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
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