Medical Definition of Rickettsia prowazekii

1. A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the aetiologic agent of epidemic typhus fever acquired through contact with lice (typhus, epidemic louse-borne) as well as brill's disease. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rickettsia Prowazekii

rickettsiales infections
rickettsialpox
rickettsialpox
rickettsial disease
rickettsial diseases
rickettsial vaccines
rickettsias
rickettsias
Rickettsia akari
Rickettsia australis
Rickettsia burnetii
Rickettsia canis
Rickettsia conorii
rickettsia infections
Rickettsia mooseri
rickettsia prowazekii (current term)
Rickettsia psittaci
rickettsia rickettsii
Rickettsia ruminantium
Rickettsia sennetsu
Rickettsia sibirica
rickettsia tsutsugamushi
rickettsia typhi
rickettsia vaccine
rickettsieae
rickettsioses
rickettsiosis
rickettsiosis
rickettsiostatic
ricketty

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