A 35-year-old man who works as a rice farmer in Chiang Mai, Thailand, presents with fever, headache, and a maculopapular rash. He reports a recent ins...

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A 35-year-old man who works as a rice farmer in Chiang Mai, Thailand, presents with fever, headache, and a maculopapular rash. He reports a recent insect bite with a painless black eschar on his ankle. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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Scrub typhus (Orientia tsutsugamushi infection)

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Dengue fever

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Murine typhus

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Leptospirosis

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Cutaneous anthrax

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Scrub Typhus

A 35-year-old man who works as a rice farmer in Chiang Mai, Thailand, presents with fever, headache, and a maculopapular rash. He reports a recent insect bite with a painless black eschar on his ankle. What is the most likely diagnosis?