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Rickettsia - Rickettsia symptom, treatment, causes


Rickettsia is a condition in which any of a family of parasitic micro-organisms that have features of both bacteria and viruses. Like viruses, they can multiply only within the cells of other living things. Most rickettsiae live in insects such as ticks, fleas and lice, but can be transmitted to larger animals via bites. Rickettsial diseases that infecthumans include Q FEVER and the various types of TIPHUS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rickettsia - Rickettsia symptom, treatment, causes

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