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Definition of Rickettsias
1. rickettsia [n] - See also: rickettsia
Medical Definition of Rickettsias
1. Obligate intracellular parasites which cause a variety of disease, including typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rickettsias
Literary usage of Rickettsias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"He described the development of rickettsias in cells of the louse gut and found
that, while these organisms developed in lice fed on typhus patients, ..."
2. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1922)
"The rickettsias of greatest interest are those found in lice in connection with
typhus and trench fever and in lice presumably free from any disease virus. ..."
3. General Pathology: An Introduction to the Study of Medicine, Being a by Horst Oertel (1921)
"The " rickettsias" seem to constitute a group of so far poorly understood forms
of which one other ... EW Schultz regards the " rickettsias" as protozoa. ..."
4. General Pathology: An Introduction to the Study of Medicine, Being a by Horst Oertel (1921)
"The "rickettsias" seem to constitute a group of so far poorly understood forms
of which one other has ... EW Schultz regards the "rickettsias" as protozoa. ..."
5. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"... the rickettsias, and the Ultramicroscopic viruses (page 119) are all associated
with important diseases in men and in animals. ..."
6. The Dog: Bibliography January 1985-January 1994 by Cynthia P. Smith (1995)
"Language: English Descriptors: North Carolina; Dogs; Rickettsial disease;
rickettsias; Epizootiology; Dermacentor variabilis 92 NAL Call No: 41.8 R312 ..."
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