| 释义 |
‖ tsutsugamushi Path.|ˌtsuːtsugaˈmuʃi|
[Jap., f. tsutsuga trouble, illness + mushi insect.]
= scrub typhus s.v. scrub n.1 6. Usu. attrib. in tsutsugamushi disease.
1906Index Medicus IV. Index 216/1 Tsutsugamushi disease. 1908Philippine Jrnl. Sci. B. III. 1 (heading) A comparative study of tsutsugamushi disease and spotted or tick fever of Montana. 1929, etc. [see scrub typhus s.v. scrub n.1 6]. 1937Med. Jrnl. Australia 21 Aug. 300/1 The absence of a local intradermal lesion speaks against the virus being of the spotted fever or tsutsugamushi types of Rickettsia. 1978Jrnl. R. Soc. Med. LXXI. 507 The Japanese synonym, tsutsugamushi disease, clearly had precedence, but the name, scrub typhus, became fully established through widespread use in World War II. |