rickettsial

rick·ett·si·a

R0236200 (rĭ-kĕt′sē-ə)n. pl. rick·ett·si·ae (-sē-ē′) Any of various bacteria of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by many ticks, fleas, and lice, that cause diseases such as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans.

[New Latin Rickettsia, genus name, after Howard Taylor Ricketts (1871-1910), American pathologist.]

rick·ett′si·al adj.

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Adj.

rickettsial - relating to or caused by rickettsias

rickettsial

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rickettsial

[rĭ-ket´se-al] pertaining to or caused by rickettsiae.

ric·kett·si·al

(ri-ket'sē-ăl), Pertaining to or caused by rickettsiae.

ric·kett·si·al

(ri-ket'sē-ăl) Pertaining to or caused by rickettsiae.

Ricketts,

Howard T., U.S. pathologist, 1871-1910. Rickettsia akari - a species causing human rickettsialpox.Rickettsia australis - a species causing a spotted fever.Rickettsia conrii - an African species probably causing boutonneuse fever.Rickettsia prowazekii - a species causing epidemic typhus.Rickettsia rickettsii - the agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.Rickettsia sibirica - the agent of Siberian or North Asian tick typhus.Rickettsia tsutsugamushi - a species causing tsutsugamushi disease and scrub typhus.Rickettsia typhi - a species causing murine or endemic typhus fever.rickettsial - pertaining to or caused by rickettsiae.rickettsialpox - an acute disease caused by Rickettsia akari; transmitted by the mite.rickettsiosis - infection with rickettsiae.rickettsiostatic - an agent inhibitory to the growth of Rickettsia.