• Flea-borne spotted fever or California pseudotyphus is a condition characterized by a rash of maculopapules or furuncles. It is caused by Rickettsia felis...
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  • A spotted fever is a type of tick-borne disease which presents on the skin. They are all caused by bacteria of the genus Rickettsia. Typhus is a group...
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    Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a bacterial disease spread by ticks. It typically begins with a fever and headache, which is followed a few days...
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    Boutonneuse fever (also called Mediterranean spotted fever, fièvre boutonneuse, Kenya tick typhus, Indian tick typhus, Marseilles fever, or Astrakhan fever) is...
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  • petechiae. It is caused by Rickettsia japonica. Flea-borne spotted fever Flinders Island spotted fever List of cutaneous conditions Rapini, Ronald P.;...
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    returning from South Africa. Boutonneuse fever Rocky Mountain spotted fever Flea-borne spotted fever "African Tick-Bite Fever". wwwnc.cdc.gov. March 2013. Archived...
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    Typhus (redirect from Typhus Fever)
    Prevention have documented only 47 cases from 1976 to 2010. An outbreak of flea-borne murine typhus was identified in downtown Los Angeles, California, in October...
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    Murine typhus, also known as endemic typhus or flea-borne typhus, is a form of typhus transmitted by fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis), usually on rats, in contrast...
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  • of bacterium, the pathogen that causes cat-flea typhus in humans, also known as flea-borne spotted fever. Rickettsia felis also is regarded as the causative...
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    Spotted fever rickettsiosis, also known as spotted fever group rickettsia (SFGR), is a group of infections that include Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Rickettsia...
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    Australia) Flea-borne spotted fever Rickettsia japonica (Japan) Oriental spotted fever Rickettsia africae (South Africa) African tick bite fever Rickettsia...
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    not transmitted by a tick (a characteristic of spotted fever), the bacterium is a part of the spotted fever group of Rickettsia, and so this condition is...
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    625. PMID 9775583. Copeland, Claudia S. (2015). "Cat Scratch Fever? Really?: Cats, Fleas and the Many Faces of Bartonellosis". Healthcare Journal of Baton...
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    Ehrlichiosis (redirect from Sennetsu Fever)
    Ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne bacterial infection, caused by bacteria of the family Anaplasmataceae, genera Ehrlichia and Anaplasma. These obligate intracellular...
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  • Brucellosis (redirect from Undulant fever)
    with their secretions. It is also known as undulant fever, Malta fever, and Mediterranean fever. The bacteria causing this disease, Brucella, are small...
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  • within a group known as spotted fever rickettsiosis together with Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and rickettsialpox. These...
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  • Pontiac fever is an acute, nonfatal respiratory disease caused by various species of Gram-negative bacteria in the genus Legionella. It causes a mild...
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    aeschlimannii infection Mite-borne Rickettsia akari Rickettsialpox Orientia tsutsugamushi Scrub typhus Flea-borne Rickettsia felis Flea-borne spotted fever...
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  • Trench fever (also known as "five-day fever", "quintan fever" (Latin: febris quintana), and "urban trench fever") is a moderately serious disease transmitted...
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    for the Far East scarlet-like fever. It is a facultative anaerobic organism that can infect humans via the Oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis). It causes...
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    infected flea, Xenopsylla cheopis (the Oriental rat flea). Several flea species carried the bubonic plague, such as Pulex irritans (the human flea), Xenopsylla...
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    "Epidemic Typhus | Typhus Fevers | CDC". www.cdc.gov. 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2020-12-10. "WHO | Typhus fever (Epidemic louse-borne typhus)". WHO. Archived...
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  • caused by intracellular bacteria. Rickettsioses can be divided into a spotted fever group (SPG) and typhus group (TG). In the past, rickettsioses were considered...
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    gastroenteritis that results in bloody diarrhea. Other symptoms may include fever, abdominal pain, and a feeling of incomplete defecation. Complications may...
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  • Island spotted fever is a condition characterized by a rash in approximately 85% of cases. It is associated with Rickettsia honei. Japanese spotted fever North...
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    Amblyomma. R. parkeri causes mild spotted fever disease in humans, whose most common signs and symptoms are fever, an eschar at the site of tick attachment...
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    alleged oyster-borne enteric fever and other illness following the mayoral banquets at Winchester and Southampton, and upon enteric fever occurring simultaneously...
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    causes anaplasmosis in sheep and cattle, also known as tick-borne fever and pasture fever, and also causes the zoonotic disease human granulocytic anaplasmosis...
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    Rarely, the disease is tick-borne. The incubation period can range from 9 to 40 days. Humans are vulnerable to Q fever, and infection can result from...
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    abdominal cramps, diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, vomiting, and sometimes fever. In rarer cases, virulent strains are also responsible for bowel necrosis...
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