- Types:
- show 8 types...
- hide 8 types...
-
typhus, typhus fever
rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
-
spotted fever
any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin
-
Q fever
an acute disease resembling influenza
-
rickettsialpox
mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble chickenpox
-
trench fever
marked by pain in muscles and joints and transmitted by lice
-
scrub typhus, tsutsugamushi disease
transmitted by larval mites and widespread in Asia
-
endemic typhus, murine typhus, rat typhus, urban typhus
acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea; characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash
-
Rocky Mountain spotted fever, mountain fever, tick fever
caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks
