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Traveling in the forest, climbing mountains, be careful of typhus

Traveling in the forest, climbing mountains, be careful of typhus Scrub typhus is a disease caused by a Rickettsial infection called Orientia tsutsugamushi. The vector of the disease is the larva of trombiculid mites called chiggers, which are smaller than 1 millimeter Typhus is common in Thailand and other parts