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rickettsia
rickettsia rickettsii
rickettsia typhi
rickettsia felis
Bacterium
rickettsia prowazekii
Subclass of:
Rickettsia
Definitions related to rickettsia prowazekii:
  • A species of aerobic, Gram negative, rod and cocci shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is obligately intracellular, motile and transmitted to humans by the human body louse, Pediculus humanus corporis. R. prowazekii is a pathogen that causes epidemic typhus and Brill Zinsser disease.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the etiologic agent of epidemic typhus fever acquired through contact with lice (TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE) as well as Brill's disease.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Rickettsia prowazekii.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Species of gram negative, aerobic bacteria that is the etiologic agent of epidemic typhus fever acquired through contact with lice, as well as Brill's disease.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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