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Scrub typhus
Occupational Disease Scrub typhus
Scrub typhus Category Infection, Occupational
Scrub typhus Severity
Acute-Severe
Scrub typhus Synonyms
Tsutsugamushi disease; Miteborne typhus fever
Information on Scrub typhus Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Screening and Imaging
A "punched out" skin lesions appears at the site of attachment of the infected mite. A rash appears on the trunk one week into the fever. Pneumonia is common. In untreated cases, fever lasts for 14 days, and the case-fatality rate varies from 1% to 60%. Workers are infected in scrub-overgrown terrain or other mite-infested areas. [Chin, p. 545-8]
Scrub typhus Latency
10-12 days
Scrub typhus References
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/typhus.htm