Rickettsia rickettsii, which is a type of bacteria carried by ticks.
Rickettsia rickettsii is the bacteria responsible for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and is most commonly caused by a tick bite.
The pathogen is Rickettsia rickettsii. Vectors for this bacteria include the American dog tick and the Rocky Mountain wood tick.
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Rickettsia rickettsii
A rickettsial organism called Rickettesia rickettsii.
How does the rocky mountain spotted fever organism result in disease & what are the virulence factors?
actually the Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is caused by a rickettsia, which is a type of bacteria
ricketessia causes typhus as well as rocky mountain spotted fever.
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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.
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