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Definition of Tsutsugamushi
1. Noun. A form of typhus caused by (spelink Orientia tsutsugamushi) and transmitted by chiggers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tsutsugamushi
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tsutsugamushi
Literary usage of Tsutsugamushi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"tsutsugamushi disease; Japanese river fever; flood fever; island fever; ...
tsutsugamushi is the term employed by most Japanese people and professional men ..."
2. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"tsutsugamushi disease ; Japanese river fever ; flood fever ; island fever; ...
tsutsugamushi is the term employed by most Japanese people and professional ..."
3. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"tsutsugamushi disease is only one of several instances in which native people
... The virus of tsutsugamushi disease readily propagates itself in nature ..."
4. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1921)
"tsutsugamushi disease is a Japanese disease very similar to Rocky Mountain ...
tsutsugamushi disease is transmitted by the bite of the larva of a mite, ..."
5. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1914)
"Such diseases as spotted fever and tsutsugamushi are examples. ... Likewise
tsutsugamushi fever has its reservoir in wild rodents and reaches man through ..."