The acquisition of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi by chiggers (trombiculid mites) during the feeding process.
D000818:Animals; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008925:Mites / Q000382:microbiology*; D012285:Orientia tsutsugamushi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010053:Ovary / Q000382:microbiology; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D014324:Trombiculidae / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology; D014774:Virulence