恙虫病属于自然疫源性疾病,是一种少见的急性传染病.国内广东、湖南、广西均有报道,本地区以往未见本病发现,1989年7～8月我们收治5例,现报告如下.(一)临床资料5例中男4例,女1例.均系青壮年农民.患者发病前均在杂草丛生的田野或丛林中劳动过,潜伏期7～12天,起病均急骤,均有畏寒、高热、头痛、头昏及全身酸痛表 Tsutsugamushi disease is a natural foci of disease, is a rare acute infectious disease.Guangdong, Hunan, Guangxi have been reported in the region in the past no this disease was found, from July to August 1989, we admitted 5 cases, the report (A) of the clinical data 5 cases of 4 males and 1 female.All the young peasants.All the patients before the onset of labor in the overgrown fields or in the jungle, the incubation period of 7 to 12 days, the onset are sharp , Are chills, fever, headache, dizziness and sore body table