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Rickettsia sibirica
Etiologic agent of Siberian tick typhus.
Epidemiology:
1) distribution: Siberia, Mongolia
2) wild rodents serve as reservoir
3) transmitted to humans by tick bite
Laboratory:
- Rickettsia sibirica serology
Related
Siberian tick typhus; North Asian Tick Fever
General
Rickettsia
Properties
KINGDOM: monera
DIVISION: SCHIZOMYCETES
References
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed.
Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 91
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed.
Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 748