| rickettsiosis in japan. | the rickettsial diseases of man in japan include tsutsugamushi disease (scrub typhus), murine typhus, which occurs sporadically, and one of spotted fever group diseases, recognized as a new entity since 1984. starting from 1976, there has been a remarkable resurgence in the number of reported cases of tsutsugamushi disease in japan after several years of virtual absence, and endemics are still continuing after reaching a prominent outbreak in 1984. its yearly incidences from 1982 to 1986 were 53 ... | 1988 | 3210342 |