| The sole agent of scrub typhus has been assigned to a new genus and is now called Orientia tsutsugamushi. |
| Scrub typhus, also known as bush typhus, is a disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. |
| In the reports on tsutsugamushi disease cases, male and female cases are almost equal in number. |
| 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. |
| Orientia tsutsugamushi is the aetiological agent of scrub typhus, also known as tsutsugamushi disease. |
