rickettsia typhi |
The aetiologic agent of murine typhus (see typhus, endemic flea-borne). (12 Dec 1998) |
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rickettsia vaccine |
Attenuated See: typhus vaccine. (05 Mar 2000) |
rickettsiaceae |
A family of small, gram-negative organisms often parasitic in man and other animals, causing diseases that may be transmitted by invertebrate vectors. (12 Dec 1998) |
rickettsiaceae infections |
Infections with bacteria of the family rickettsiaceae. (12 Dec 1998) |
rickettsial |
Pertaining to or caused by rickettsiae. (05 Mar 2000) |
rickettsial diseases |
The infectious diseases caused by the rickettsiae fall into 4 groups:(1) typhus: epidemic typhus, brill-zinsser disease, murine (endemic) typhus, and scrub typhus; (2) spotted fever rocky mountain spotted fever, eastern tick-borne rickettsioses, and rickettsialpox; (3) q fever; and (4) trench fever. (12 Dec 1998) |
rickettsial vaccines |
Vaccines for the prevention of diseases caused by various species of rickettsia. (12 Dec 1998) |
rickettsiales |
An order of gram-negative bacteria including many that may cause disease in man or in other vertebrate or invertebrate hosts. (12 Dec 1998) |
rickettsiales infections |
Infections with bacteria of the order rickettsiales. (12 Dec 1998) |
rickettsialpox |
A mild infectious disease first observed in new york city caused by rickettsia akari, transmitted from its mouse host by chigger or adult mite bites. There is fever, a dark spot that becomes a small ulcer at the site of the bite, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) in that region, and a raised blistery (vesicular) rash. Also known as vesicular rickettsiosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
rickettsias |
Obligate intracellular parasites which cause a variety of disease, including typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. (09 Oct 1997) |
rickettsieae |
A tribe of gram-negative bacteria of the family rickettsiaceae whose organisms are found in arthropods and are pathogenic for man and certain other vertebrate hosts. (12 Dec 1998) |
rickettsioses |
The infectious diseases caused by the rickettsiae. See rickettsial diseases. (12 Dec 1998) |
rickettsioses of the eastern hemisphere, tick-borne |
There are 3 known diseases caused by infection with rickettsial agents> They are north asian tick-borne rickettsiosis, queensland tick typhus, and african tick typhus (fi |
rickettsiosis |
Infection with rickettsiae. (05 Mar 2000) |