scrub typhus
MONDO:0019365Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names scrub typhus yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Scrub typhus is a rare dust mite-borne infectious disease caused by the Orientia tsutsugamushi bacterium and characterized clinically by an eruptive fever which is potentially serious.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019365), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
27 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- CoughHPOHP:0012735
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- FeverHPOHP:0001945
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- HyperhidrosisHPOHP:0000975
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- LethargyHPOHP:0001254
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- MyalgiaHPOHP:0003326
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Reduced consciousnessHPOHP:0004372
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Skin rashHPOHP:0000988
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abdominal painHPOHP:0002027
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Anterior uveitisHPOHP:0012122
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- GangreneHPOHP:0100758
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- HeadacheHPOHP:0002315
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- HypotensionHPOHP:0002615
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
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- LymphadenopathyHPOHP:0002716
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- MaculeHPOHP:0012733
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Nausea and vomitingHPOHP:0002017
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- PhotophobiaHPOHP:0000613
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal bleedingHPOHP:0001892
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Atypical behaviorHPOHP:0000708
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: scrub typhus
- Also called
- Japanese river feverKedani feverscrub mite-borne typhustsutsugamushitsutsugamushi diseasetsutsugamushi fever