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1               Definitions
In this instrument:
                               area endemic for scrub typhus means Africa, the Middle East, South America and Islands of the Pacific, and the part of the world known as the "tsutsugamushi triangle" which extends from northern Japan and far-eastern Russia in the north, to northern Australia in the south, and to Pakistan in the west.
                               being exposed to Orientia tsutsugamushi means:
         (a)          being bitten by a trombiculid mite (chigger) infected with Orientia tsutsugamushi; or
         (b)          being in an area that is endemic for scrub typhus; or
         (c)          having percutaneous exposure to blood contaminated with Orientia tsutsugamushi; or
         (d)          receiving a blood transfusion, blood products or a stem cell transplant contaminated with Orientia tsutsugamushi.
Note:               area endemic for scrub typhus is also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                  MRCA means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
                                  relevant service means:
         (a)          eligible war service (other than operational service) under the VEA;
         (b)          defence service (other than hazardous service and British nuclear test defence service) under the VEA; or
         (c)          peacetime service under the MRCA.
Note: MRCA and VEA are also defined in the Schedule 1 - Dictionary.
                                  scrub typhus—see subsection 7(2).
                                  terminal event means the proximate or ultimate cause of death and includes the following:
         (a)           pneumonia;
         (b)           respiratory failure;
         (c)           cardiac arrest;
         (d)           circulatory failure; or
         (e)           cessation of brain function.
                                  VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.