Rickettsia sibirica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rickettsiales
Family: Rickettsiaceae
Genus: Rickettsia
Species group: Spotted fever group
Species:
R. sibirica
Binomial name
Rickettsia sibirica
Zdrodovskii, 1948
Inoculation eschar on popliteal area and discrete maculopapular elements in patient with lymphangitis infected with Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae

Rickettsia sibirica is a species of Rickettsia.[1] This bacterium is the etiologic agent of North Asian tick typhus, which is also known as Siberian tick typhus.[2] The ticks that transmit it are primarily various species of Dermacentor and Haemaphysalis.[3]

References

  1. ^ Harrus S, Perlman-Avrahami A, Mumcuoglu KY, Morick D, Baneth G (March 2010). "Molecular detection of Rickettsia massiliae, Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae and Rickettsia conorii israelensis in ticks from Israel". Clin Microbiol Infect. 17 (2): 176–80. doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03224.x. PMID 20331680.
  2. ^ Parola P, Paddock CD, Raoult D (2005). "Tick-Borne Rickettsioses around the World: Emerging Diseases Challenging Old Concepts". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 18 (4): 719–756. doi:10.1128/CMR.18.4.719-756.2005. PMC 1265907. PMID 16223955.
  3. ^ Piesman, J.; Gage, K.L. (2004), Eldridge, B.F.; Edman, J.D. (eds.), Bacterial and Rickettsial Diseases, Medical Entomology: A Textbook on Public Health and Veterinary Problems Caused by Arthropods (2nd ed.), Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 402, ISBN 978-1-4020-1794-0


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