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Rickettsia rickettsii, which is a type of bacteria carried by ticks.

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What bacterial pathogen causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever?

Rickettsia rickettsii is the bacteria responsible for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and is most commonly caused by a tick bite.


What is the infectious agent for the rocky mountain spotted fever?

The pathogen is Rickettsia rickettsii. Vectors for this bacteria include the American dog tick and the Rocky Mountain wood tick.


Which form of bacteria causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever?

rickettsia


What is the general name of a bacterium that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted fever?

Rickettsia rickettsii


What microorganisim causes Rocky mountain spotted fever?

A rickettsial organism called Rickettesia rickettsii.


What are the virulence factors of Rocky Mountain spotted fever?

How does the rocky mountain spotted fever organism result in disease & what are the virulence factors?


Is the rocky mountain spotted fever caused by virus or bacteria?

actually the Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is caused by a rickettsia, which is a type of bacteria


Can you tell Two diseases caused by one microorganism?

ricketessia causes typhus as well as rocky mountain spotted fever.


Who discovered the Rocky Mountain Spotted fever?

Get oawf.


Can you die from Rocky Mountain spotted fever?

Yes


Which pathogen is a small bacterium that lives in lice fleas ticks and mites?

Rickettsia is the bacterium that lives in lice, fleas, ticks, and mites. It causes diseases like Rocky Mountain spotted fever and typhus when transmitted to humans through the bites of infected arthropods.


Who discovered the cure Rocky Mountain Spotted fever?

Get oawf.