Rickettsia sibirica


Rick·ett·si·a si·bi·ri·ca

a bacterial species, the agent of Siberian or North Asian tick typhus, transmitted by various ixodid ticks, which also serve as reservoirs, possibly aided by rodents and hares; the disease resembles Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

Ricketts,

Howard T., U.S. pathologist, 1871-1910. Rickettsia akari - a species causing human rickettsialpox.Rickettsia australis - a species causing a spotted fever.Rickettsia conrii - an African species probably causing boutonneuse fever.Rickettsia prowazekii - a species causing epidemic typhus.Rickettsia rickettsii - the agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.Rickettsia sibirica - the agent of Siberian or North Asian tick typhus.Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - a species causing tsutsugamushi disease and scrub typhus.Rickettsia typhi - a species causing murine or endemic typhus fever.rickettsial - pertaining to or caused by rickettsiae.rickettsialpox - an acute disease caused by Rickettsia akari; transmitted by the mite.rickettsiosis - infection with rickettsiae.rickettsiostatic - an agent inhibitory to the growth of Rickettsia.