A 32-year-old farmer from Tamil Nadu presents with fever, headache, and a characteristic black eschar on his left thigh after working in scrubland 10 days ago. His laboratory tests show mild thrombocytopenia and elevated transaminases. Which single clinical feature most reliably distinguishes scrub typhus from Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF)?

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