| rickettsia tsutsugamushi | A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the aetiologic agent of scrub typhus. Strains of this species vary considerably in antigenic composition and in some cases in virulence and other biological properties. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| rickettsia vaccine | Attenuated See: typhus vaccine. (05 Mar 2000) |