Definition of tsutsugamushi disease in English:
tsutsugamushi disease
nounˌtsuːtsuːɡəˈmʊʃiˌtso͞otsəɡəˈmo͝oSHē dəˌzēz
another term for scrub typhus
Example sentencesExamples
- The vertical transmission, namely the transovarial transmission of rickettsia harbored by the parents to the following generation is the main route of transmission of the tsutsugamushi disease rickettsia in the natural world.
- This is the first finding that L. scutellare is the second vector species of tsutsugamushi disease in Korea.
- In the reports on tsutsugamushi disease cases, male and female cases are almost equal in number.
- The tsutsugamushi disease is contracted by high temperature, exanthema and adenopathy following the cold-like symptoms.
- Although the pathogenesis of scrub typhus may be very complex and involve immune and inflammatory mediators such as cytokines, prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and kinins, the key factor of disseminated endothelial infection has now been established for tsutsugamushi disease as well as the rickettsioses.
Origin
Early 20th century: tsutsugamushi, from the Japanese name of the mite which transmits the disease.
Definition of tsutsugamushi disease in US English:
tsutsugamushi disease
nounˌtso͞otsəɡəˈmo͝oSHē dəˌzēz
another term for scrub typhus
Example sentencesExamples
- Although the pathogenesis of scrub typhus may be very complex and involve immune and inflammatory mediators such as cytokines, prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and kinins, the key factor of disseminated endothelial infection has now been established for tsutsugamushi disease as well as the rickettsioses.
- The vertical transmission, namely the transovarial transmission of rickettsia harbored by the parents to the following generation is the main route of transmission of the tsutsugamushi disease rickettsia in the natural world.
- This is the first finding that L. scutellare is the second vector species of tsutsugamushi disease in Korea.
- The tsutsugamushi disease is contracted by high temperature, exanthema and adenopathy following the cold-like symptoms.
- In the reports on tsutsugamushi disease cases, male and female cases are almost equal in number.
Origin
Early 20th century: tsutsugamushi, from the Japanese name of the mite which transmits the disease.