rickettsia rickettsii การใช้

• The pathogen causing Rocky Mountain spotted fever, " Rickettsia rickettsii " was named after him.
• Ticks harboring a bacterium called Rickettsia rickettsii transmit one of the most common tick-borne diseases, Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
• The disease is caused by " Rickettsia rickettsii ", a species of bacterium that is spread to humans by " Dermacentor " ticks.
• It contains Gram-negative bacteria, very sensitive to environmental exposure, thus is adapted to obligate intracellular infection . " Rickettsia rickettsii " is considered the prototypical infectious organism in the group.
• These include " Francisella tularensis ", " Mycobacterium tuberculosis ", " Chlamydia psittaci ", Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, Eastern equine encephalitis virus, SARS coronavirus, " Coxiella burnetii ", Rift Valley fever virus, " Rickettsia rickettsii ", several species of " Brucella ", chikungunya, yellow fever virus, and West Nile virus.
• Lyme disease, or borreliosis, is caused by " Borrelia burgdorferi " and spread by " Ixodes pacificus " on the West coast of the United States and by " Rickettsia rickettsii ", which causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever, are both spread by the American dog tick, " Dermacentor variabilis ", and the brown dog tick, " Rhipicephalus sanguineous ".