General Information of Disease (ID: DISRXONX)

Disease Name Scrub typhus
Synonyms
Mite-borne rickettsiosis; Mite-borne typhus; scrub (mite-borne) typhus; chigger-borne typhus; tropical typhus; chigger-borne rickettsiosis; typhus fever due to Rickettsia tsutsugamushi; tsutsugamushi; scrub mite-borne typhus; tsutsugamushi fever; tsutsugamushi disease; Kedani fever; Japanese river fever
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.
Disease Hierarchy
DISSOMG4: Bacterial hemorrhagic fever
DISJ5JX1: Typhus
DISRXONX: Scrub typhus
Disease Identifiers
MONDO ID
MONDO_0019365
MESH ID
D012612
UMLS CUI
C0036472
MedGen ID
48591
Orphanet ID
83317
SNOMED CT ID
271425001

Molecular Interaction Atlas (MIA) of This Disease

Molecular Interaction Atlas (MIA)
This Disease Is Related to 1 DTT Molecule(s)
Gene Name DTT ID Evidence Level Mode of Inheritance REF
NLRC5 TTWZC78 Strong Biomarker [1]
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This Disease Is Related to 1 DTP Molecule(s)
Gene Name DTP ID Evidence Level Mode of Inheritance REF
SLC25A10 DTJYKDQ Strong Biomarker [2]
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This Disease Is Related to 6 DOT Molecule(s)
Gene Name DOT ID Evidence Level Mode of Inheritance REF
ATG3 OT28VBVK Strong Genetic Variation [3]
COPB2 OT82JIGC Strong Biomarker [4]
GNLY OTZJKA8C Strong Biomarker [2]
LRSAM1 OTOKWR6C Strong Genetic Variation [5]
PPP1R42 OTN1HRBN Strong Biomarker [6]
PRDX2 OTLWCY9T Strong Biomarker [7]
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References

1 The Obligate Intracellular Bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi Targets NLRC5 To Modulate the Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Pathway.Infect Immun. 2019 Feb 21;87(3):e00876-18. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00876-18. Print 2019 Mar.
2 A Case Report and Literature Review of Scrub Typhus With Acute Abdomen and Septic Shock in a Child-The Role of Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis and Granulysin.Am J Dermatopathol. 2018 Oct;40(10):767-771. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0000000000001167.
3 Active escape of Orientia tsutsugamushi from cellular autophagy.Infect Immun. 2013 Feb;81(2):552-9. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00861-12. Epub 2012 Dec 10.
4 Orientia tsutsugamushi Ank9 is a multifunctional effector that utilizes a novel GRIP-like Golgi localization domain for Golgi-to-endoplasmic reticulum trafficking and interacts with host COPB2.Cell Microbiol. 2017 Jul;19(7):10.1111/cmi.12727. doi: 10.1111/cmi.12727. Epub 2017 Feb 3.
5 Incidence, risk factors and clinical outcomes of acute kidney injury associated with scrub typhus: a retrospective study of 510 consecutive patients in South Korea (2001-2013).BMJ Open. 2017 Mar 15;7(3):e013882. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013882.
6 Climate variability, animal reservoir and transmission of scrub typhus in Southern China.PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Mar 8;11(3):e0005447. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005447. eCollection 2017 Mar.
7 Analysis of the 56-kDa type specific antigen gene of Orientia tsutsugamushi from northern Vietnam.PLoS One. 2019 Aug 30;14(8):e0221588. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221588. eCollection 2019.