Rickettsia australis

Rickettsia australis is a bacterium that causes a medical condition called Queensland tick typhus.[1] The probable vectors are the tick species, Ixodes holocyclus and Ixodes tasmani. Small marsupials are suspected reservoirs of this bacterium.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. pp. 1130. ISBN 1-4160-2999-0. 
  2. ^ Definition: Rickettsia Australis, Medilexicon [1]


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