A 32-year-old farmer from Tamil Nadu presents with fever, headache, and myalgia for 5 days. Examination reveals a characteristic black eschar on the left axilla with regional lymphadenopathy. A similar patient from North Carolina, USA presents with fever, rash, and thrombocytopenia but no eschar. Which feature best discriminates scrub typhus from Rocky Mountain spotted fever?

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