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Rickettsia
Microbiology
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Medical
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11/22/2011

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Term
What are the causative agents of Spotted Fever group?
Definition
R. rickettsii

R. Akari
Term
Tick borne agent causing SFG
Definition
R. rickettsii
Term
mite borne agent- SFG
Definition
R. akari
Term
In SFG, where does rash occur?
Definition
Rash on extremities then to trunk
Term
louse borne agent that cause epidemic Typhus
Definition
R. Prowazekii (Brill Zinsser dz)
Term
flea borne agent that causes endemic typhus
Definition
R. typhi
Term
What two bacteria replicate inside a vacuole?
Definition
Ehrlichia and Anaplasma
Term
bacteria that replicates in vacuole, most common in Northern US, presents w/ NO rash
Definition
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Term
vector for Anaplasma
Definition
Lone Star tick (hard body)
Term
vector for C. Burnetti
Definition
Lone star tick
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