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The Adobe Flash Player is required in order to view this content. You can get it here: scrub typhusOne entry found. Main Entry: scrub typhus Function: noun Date: 1929 : an acute febrile bacterial disease that is caused by a rickettsia (Orientia tsutsugamushi syn. Rickettsia tsutsugamushi) transmitted by mite larvae, resembles typhus transmitted by lice, and is widespread in the western Pacific area —called also tsutsugamushi disease 
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