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Parent topics
- Rickettsiae [r]: 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 [1] [e]
- Zoonoses [r]: Diseases which are biologically adapted to and normally found in lower animals but which under some conditions also infect humans. [e]
Subtopics
- Chloramphenicol [r]: One of the first broad-spectrum antibiotics discovered; exceptionally wide spectrum but carries risk of fatal aplastic anemia [e]
- Doxycycline [r]: Tetracycline derivative; treats malaria, anthrax, brucellosis, cholera, ornithosis, plague etc. [e]
- Tularemia [r]: An extremely infectious disease, 15% lethal when untreated and <1% fatal when properly treated, distributed worldwide in animals and ticks, that has been weaponized by several national biological warfare programs [e]
- Q fever [r]: Disease caused by infection with the rickettsia Coxiella burnetii, a bacterium that affects both humans and animals, resulting in a rash, fever, malaise, and muscular pains. [e]
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This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Rickettsia rickettsii (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.