Rickettsia

Introduction: Rickettsia

Description of Rickettsia

Rickettsia (medical condition): A self limiting condition that is transmitted by mites...more »

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Rickettsia: any of a group of parasitic bacteria that live in arthropods (as ticks and mites) and can cause disease if transmitted to human beings.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Rickettsia: 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.
Source: Diseases Database

Rickettsia: in the Rickettsiaceae family, a genus of gram negative, aerobic, rod shaped bacteria often surrounded by a protein microcapsular layer and slime layer; the natural cycle of its organisms generally involves a vertebrate and an invertebrate host; species of the genus are the etiological agents of human diseases, such as typhus.
Source: CRISP

Rickettsia: A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria often surrounded by a protein microcapsular layer and slime layer. The natural cycle of its organisms generally involves a vertebrate and an invertebrate host. Species of the genus are the etiological agents of human diseases, such as typhus.
Source: MeSH 2007

Rickettsia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Rickettsia:

• Bacteria
• Rickettsiales
• Rickettsiales disease
• Small
• Small syndrome
• Pleomorphic
• Coccoid
• Gram

Rickettsia as a Disease

Rickettsia (medical condition): See Rickettsia (disease information).
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Rickettsia: Related Diseases

Rickettsia: Rickettsia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Bacterial diseases
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• Skin conditions

More information on medical condition: Rickettsia:

• Information about Rickettsia
• Basic Summary for Rickettsia
• Types of Rickettsia
• Causes of Rickettsia
• Risk Factors for Rickettsia
• Symptoms of Rickettsia

Rickettsia: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Rickettsia:

• Rocuy Mountain spotted fever
• rickettsialpox
• Boutonneuse fever
• Siberian tick typhus
• Australian tick typhus
• oriental spotted fever
• murine typhus
• sporadic typhus
• scrub typhus

Terms associated with Rickettsia:

Terms Similar to Rickettsia:

• Rickettsieae
• Rickettsiae

Source: Diseases Database

• Rickettsia

Source - WordNet 2.1

More specific terms for Rickettsia:

• Rickettsia prowazekii
• Rickettsia rickettsii
• Rickettsia typhi
• Rickettsia conorii
• Rickettsia akari
• Rickettsia felis

Source - MeSH 2007

• Bartonella
• Rickettsia prowazekii
• Rickettsia rickettsii

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Rickettsia

• Rickettsieae

Source - MeSH 2007

• Rickettsiales

Source - CRISP

• bacteria
• bacterium

Source - WordNet 2.1

Other terms that may be related to Rickettsia:

• gram negative bacteria
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Rickettsia

The following list attempts to classify Rickettsia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• bacteria,bacterium
• microorganism
• being,organism
• animate thing,living thing
• object,physical object
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Bacteria
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria
    • Rickettsiaceae
      • Rickettsieae
        • Rickettsia

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Bacteria
  • Proteobacteria
    • Alphaproteobacteria
      • Rickettsiaceae
        • Rickettsieae
          • Rickettsia

External links related to: Rickettsia

• Rickettsial diseases. DermNet NZ
• eMedicine - Rickettsial Infection : Article by Mobeen Rathore, MD

Source: Diseases Database

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