"Rickettsia rickettsii" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the etiologic agent of ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER. Its cells are slightly smaller and more uniform in size than those of RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII.
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D012284
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.647.650.650.650 B03.660.050.765.650.650.650
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rickettsia rickettsii" by people in Profiles.
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Valdez KR, Mendell NL, Esc?rcega-?vila AM, de la Mora-Covarrubias A, Jim?nez-Vega F, Waldrup KA, Suarez V, Morrill JC, Weldon CT, Bouyer DH, Walker DH, Weaver SC, Blanton LS, Palermo PM, Watts DM. Survey of Fleas and Ticks for Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia typhi in the El Paso Community and Other Areas in Texas, New Mexico, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2025 Sep 03; 113(3):659-665.
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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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Nascimento EM, Gehrke Fde S, Maldonado RA, Colombo S, Silva LJ, Schumaker TT. Detection of Brazilian spotted fever infection by polymerase chain reaction in a patient from the state of S?o Paulo. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2005 May; 100(3):277-9.