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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]
- Typhus [r]: A class of vector-borne diseases caused by Rickettsiae, usually presenting as acute febrile infections [e]
- Vector-borne diseases [r]: Infectious diseases that do not transmit directly between their ultimate victims, but require an intermediate living carrier, such as mosquitoes in malaria or fleas in plague [e]
Subtopics
Treatment
- Doxycycline [r]: Tetracycline derivative; treats malaria, anthrax, brucellosis, cholera, ornithosis, plague etc. [e]
Biological weapon
- Select Agent Program [r]: Pathogens or biological toxins which have been declared by the US Department of Health and Human Services or by the US Department of Agriculture to have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety. [e]
- Mitochondrion [r]: Structure, function, life cycle and evolutionary theories involving the origins and role of the mitochondrion. [e]
- CDC Bioterrorism Diseases-Agents List [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Overlap agent [r]: A microbe or toxin that must be monitored for hazards both to people and agriculture [e]
- TCA (disambiguation) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pulmonary medicine [r]: A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of the respiratory system. It is especially concerned with diagnosis and treatment of diseases and defects of the lungs and bronchial tree. [e]
- Typhoid fever [r]: An acute systemic, febrile infection caused by Salmonella typhi, a serotype of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi, spread by fecal-oral contamination, best prevented by water treatment [e]
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This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Rickettsia prowazekii (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.