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rickettsial disease
rickettsial disease n (Pathology) any of several acute infectious diseases caused by ticks, mites, or body lice infected with rickettsiae. The main types include typhus, spotted fever, Q fever, trench fever, and tsutsugamushi disease Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | rickettsial disease - infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteriarickettsiosisinfectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contacttyphus, typhus fever - rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high feverspotted fever - any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skinQ fever - an acute disease resembling influenzarickettsialpox - mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble chickenpoxtrench fever - marked by pain in muscles and joints and transmitted by licescrub typhus, tsutsugamushi disease - transmitted by larval mites and widespread in Asia |
EncyclopediaSeerickettsiarickettsial disease
rickettsial disease (rĭ-kĕt′sē-ăl) A disease caused by an organism of the family Rickettsiaceae. The most common types are the spotted-fever group (Rocky Mountain spotted fever and rickettsialpox), epidemic typhus, endemic typhus, Brill's disease, Q fever, scrub typhus, and trench fever. rickettsial disease
Related to rickettsial disease: Rocky Mountain spotted feverSynonyms for rickettsial diseasenoun infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteriaSynonymsRelated Words- infectious disease
- typhus
- typhus fever
- spotted fever
- Q fever
- rickettsialpox
- trench fever
- scrub typhus
- tsutsugamushi disease
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