| Rickettsia |
a class of single-celled organisms which fall in between bacteria and virus in terms of complexity. One of the more important rickettsiae is Chlamydia trachomatis, the cause of the sexually transmitted disease, chlamydia. The medicine placed in a newborn's eyes shortly after birth is used to kill this germ (it also kills gonorrhea, a bacteria).
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| Rickettsia africae |
The causative agent of African tick bite fever, usually found only in sub-Saharan Africa.
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| Rickettsia honei |
The causative agent of a spotted fever that clinically resembles Rocky Mountain spotted fever. It is found only in Australia and neighboring islands.
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| rickettsial disease |
A disease caused by an organism of the family Rickettsiaceae. The most common types are the spotted-fever group (Rocky Mountain spotted fever and rickettsialpox), epidemic typhus, endemic typhus, Brill's disease, Q fever, scr
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| rickettsicidal |
Lethal to rickettsiae.
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