Rickettsia typhi

Rickettsia
Scientific classification
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Rickettsiales
Family:	Rickettsiaceae
Genus:	Rickettsia
Species:	typhi

Rickettsia typhi is a species of the genus Rickettsia.

It is the causative agent of Murine typhus.^[1][2]

The genome is similar to that of Rickettsia prowazekii.^[3]

References

1. ^ McLeod MP, Qin X, Karpathy SE, et al. (September 2004). "Complete genome sequence of Rickettsia typhi and comparison with sequences of other rickettsiae". J. Bacteriol. 186 (17): 5842–55. doi:10.1128/JB.186.17.5842-5855.2004. PMC 516817. PMID 15317790. http://jb.asm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15317790. 
2. ^ Henry KM, Jiang J, Rozmajzl PJ, Azad AF, Macaluso KR, Richards AL (February 2007). "Development of quantitative real-time PCR assays to detect Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis, the causative agents of murine typhus and flea-borne spotted fever". Mol. Cell. Probes 21 (1): 17–23. doi:10.1016/j.mcp.2006.06.002. PMID 16893625. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0890-8508(06)00050-8. 
3. ^ Walker DH, Yu XJ (December 2005). "Progress in rickettsial genome analysis from pioneering of Rickettsia prowazekii to the recent Rickettsia typhi spread by the fleas and ticks of flying squirrels". Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 1063 (1): 13–25. doi:10.1196/annals.1355.003. PMID 16481486. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0077-8923&date=2005&volume=1063&spage=13. 

v d e Infectious diseases · Bacterial diseases: Proteobacterial G− (primarily A00–A79, 001–041, 080–109) α Rickettsiales Rickettsiaceae/ (Rickettsioses) Typhus Rickettsia typhi (Murine typhus) · Rickettsia prowazekii (Epidemic typhus, Brill–Zinsser disease, Flying squirrel typhus) Spotted fever Tick-borne Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever) · Rickettsia conorii (Boutonneuse fever) · Rickettsia japonica (Japanese spotted fever) · Rickettsia sibirica (North Asian tick typhus) · Rickettsia australis (Queensland tick typhus) · Rickettsia honei (Flinders Island spotted fever) · Rickettsia africae (African tick bite fever) · Rickettsia parkeri (American tick bite fever) · Rickettsia aeschlimannii (Rickettsia aeschlimannii infection) Mite-borne Rickettsia akari (Rickettsialpox) · Orientia tsutsugamushi (Scrub typhus) Flea-borne Rickettsia felis (Flea-borne spotted fever) Anaplasmataceae Ehrlichiosis: Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Human granulocytic anaplasmosis, Anaplasmosis) · Ehrlichia chaffeensis (Human monocytic ehrlichiosis) · Ehrlichia ewingii (Ehrlichiosis ewingii infection) Rhizobiales Brucellaceae Brucella abortus (Brucellosis) Bartonellaceae Bartonellosis: Bartonella henselae (Cat scratch disease) · Bartonella quintana (Trench fever) · either henselae or quintana (Bacillary angiomatosis) · Bartonella bacilliformis (Carrion's disease, Verruga peruana) β Neisseriales M+ Neisseria meningitidis/meningococcus (Meningococcal disease, Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, Meningococcal septicaemia) M- Neisseria gonorrhoeae/gonococcus (Gonorrhea) ungrouped: Eikenella corrodens/Kingella kingae (HACEK) · Chromobacterium violaceum (Chromobacteriosis infection) Burkholderiales Burkholderia pseudomallei (Melioidosis) · Burkholderia mallei (Glanders) · Burkholderia cepacia complex · Bordetella pertussis/Bordetella parapertussis (Pertussis) γ Enterobacteriales (OX-) Lac+ Klebsiella pneumoniae (Rhinoscleroma, Klebsiella pneumonia) · Klebsiella granulomatis (Granuloma inguinale) · Klebsiella oxytoca Escherichia coli: Enterotoxigenic · Enteroinvasive · Enterohemorrhagic · O157:H7 · O104:H4 (Hemolytic-uremic syndrome) Enterobacter aerogenes/Enterobacter cloacae Slow/weak Serratia marcescens (Serratia infection) · Citrobacter koseri/Citrobacter freundii Lac- H2S+ Salmonella enterica (Typhoid fever, Paratyphoid fever, Salmonellosis) H2S- Shigella dysenteriae/sonnei/flexneri/boydii (Shigellosis, Bacillary dysentery) · Proteus mirabilis/Proteus vulgaris · Yersinia pestis (Plague/Bubonic plague) · Yersinia enterocolitica · Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Pasteurellales Haemophilus: H. influenzae (Haemophilus meningitis, Brazilian purpuric fever) · H. ducreyi (Chancroid) H. parainfluenzae (HACEK) Pasteurella multocida (Pasteurellosis) · Actinobacillus (Actinobacillosis) Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (HACEK) Legionellales Legionella pneumophila/Legionella longbeachae (Legionellosis) · Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) Thiotrichales Francisella tularensis (Tularemia) Vibrionales Vibrio cholerae (Cholera) · Vibrio vulnificus · Vibrio parahaemolyticus · Vibrio alginolyticus · Plesiomonas shigelloides Pseudomonadales Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pseudomonas infection) · Moraxella catarrhalis · Acinetobacter baumannii Xanthomonadales Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Cardiobacteriales Cardiobacterium hominis (HACEK) Aeromonadales Aeromonas hydrophila/Aeromonas veronii (Aeromonas infection) ε Campylobacterales Campylobacter jejuni (Campylobacteriosis, Guillain-Barré syndrome) · Helicobacter pylori (Peptic ulcer, MALT lymphoma) · Helicobacter cinaedi (Helicobacter cellulitis) M: BAC bact (clas) gr+f/gr+a(t)/gr-p(c)/gr-o drug(J1p, w, n, m, vacc)

v d e Zoonosis: Flea-borne diseases Bacterial infection (all G-) Murine typhus · Lyme disease · Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever  · Ehrlichiosis  · Relapsing fever · Tularemia Viral infection Tick-borne meningoencephalitis · Colorado tick fever · Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever · Myxomatosis Protozoan infection Babesiosis · Cytauxzoonosis Helminth Hymenolepiasis tapeworm Vectors M: IFT helm,arth (acar) helm, arth (lice), zoon helm, arth

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