| [epidemiological analysis on many cases of tsutsugamushi disease found in hiroshima prefecture, japan]. | the clinical findings of tsutsugamushi disease and the fauna of trombiculid mites in hiroshima prefecture were studied in this report. we reviewed 63 cases of tsutsugamushi disease occurring between 1990 and 1999, and most of cases were contracted in the area around the midportion of the oota river (55 cases; 87.3%). of these, 30 cases (47.1%) lived in asakita-ku in hiroshima city. eschar was detected in 33/19 (84.6%) cases, and 97.6% (40/41), 88.9% (16/18) patients showed eruption and lymphaden ... | 2001 | 11424485 |