"Rickettsia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria often surrounded by a protein microcapsular layer and slime layer. The natural cycle of its organisms generally involves a vertebrate and an invertebrate host. Species of the genus are the etiological agents of human diseases, such as typhus.
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D012281
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.647.650.650 B03.660.050.765.650.650
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| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rickettsia" by people in Profiles.
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Paddock CD, Harris A, Clark TR, Bullock HA, Hecht JA, Ladner JT, Karpathy SE. Rickettsia lanei, sp. nov. (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae), a Newly Recognized Pathogen of Humans Associated with the Rabbit Tick, Haemaphysalis leporispalustris (Acari: Ixodidae). Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2025 Nov 05; 113(5):957-965.
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Paddock CD, Karpathy SE, Henry A, Ryle L, Hecht JA, Hacker JK, Padgett KA, Kjemtrup AM, Bullock H, Lane RS, Ladner JT. Rickettsia rickettsii subsp californica subsp nov, the Etiologic Agent of Pacific Coast Tick Fever. J Infect Dis. 2025 Apr 15; 231(4):849-858.
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Kaufman EL, Stone NE, Scoles GA, Hepp CM, Busch JD, Wagner DM. Range-wide genetic analysis of Dermacentor variabilis and its Francisella-like endosymbionts demonstrates phylogeographic concordance between both taxa. Parasit Vectors. 2018 05 18; 11(1):306.