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Rickettsiaceae
Medical Definition: | A family of small, gram-negative organisms, often parasitic in humans and other animals, causing diseases that may be transmitted by invertebrate vectors. |
Guide Notes: | a family: do not confuse with RICKETTSIEAE, a tribe; infection = RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS |
Previously Indexed: | Bacteria (1966-1974) |
Rickettsieae - A tribe of gram-negative bacteria of the family RICKETTSIACEAE whose organisms are found in arthropods and are pathogenic for man and certain other vertebrate hosts. | |
Wolbachia - A genus of bacteria comprised of a heterogenous group of gram-negative small rods and coccoid forms associated with arthropods. (From Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, vol 1, 1984) |
Rickettsiaceae Medical Definitions and Terms
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