Rickettsia sibirica
Species of bacterium
| Rickettsia sibirica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rickettsiales |
| Family: | Rickettsiaceae |
| Genus: | Rickettsia |
| Species group: | Spotted fever group |
| Species: | R. sibirica |
| Binomial name | |
| Rickettsia sibirica Zdrodovskii, 1948 | |
Rickettsia sibirica is a species of Rickettsia.[1] This bacterium is the etiologic agent of North Asian tick typhus, which is also known as Siberian tick typhus.[2] The ticks that transmit it are primarily various species of Dermacentor and Haemaphysalis.[3]
References
- ^ Harrus S, Perlman-Avrahami A, Mumcuoglu KY, Morick D, Baneth G (March 2010). "Molecular detection of Rickettsia massiliae, Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae and Rickettsia conorii israelensis in ticks from Israel". Clin Microbiol Infect. 17 (2): 176–80. doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03224.x. PMID 20331680.
- ^ Parola P, Paddock CD, Raoult D (2005). "Tick-Borne Rickettsioses around the World: Emerging Diseases Challenging Old Concepts". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 18 (4): 719–756. doi:10.1128/CMR.18.4.719-756.2005. PMC 1265907. PMID 16223955.
- ^ Piesman, J.; Gage, K.L. (2004), Eldridge, B.F.; Edman, J.D. (eds.), Bacterial and Rickettsial Diseases, Medical Entomology: A Textbook on Public Health and Veterinary Problems Caused by Arthropods (2nd ed.), Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 402, ISBN 978-1-4020-1794-0
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Pseudomonadota-associated Gram-negative bacterial infections
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