| Pacific Coast tick fever | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rickettsiales |
| Family: | Rickettsiaceae |
| Genus: | Rickettsia |
| Species group: | Spotted fever group |
| Species: | R. philipii
|
| Binomial name | |
| Rickettsia philipii Kato et al. 2010
[1]
| |
| Pacific Coast tick fever | |
|---|---|
| Causes | Rickettsia philipii spread by the Pacific coast tick [2] |
| Differential diagnosis | Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, rickettsialpox [3] |
Pacific Coast tick fever is an infection caused by Rickettsia philipii. [2] The disease is spread by the Pacific coast ticks. [2] Symptoms may include an eschar. [2] It is within a group known as spotted fever rickettsiosis together with Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and rickettsialpox. [3] These infections can be difficult to tell apart. [3]
- ^ Kato, C.Y., Robinson, L.K., White, F.H., Slater, K., Karpathy, S.E., Eremeeva, M.E. and Dasch, G.A. "Insertion/deletion (INDEL) typing of isolates of Rickettsia rickettsii." Georgia Research Alliance Collaboration Roundtable. February 26, 2010. Poster Abstracts no. 10. pp. 5-6
- ^ a b c d "Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Pacific Coast Tick Fever)". www.cdph.ca.gov. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ a b c "Epidemiology and Statistics Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF)". CDC. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
| Pacific Coast tick fever | |
|---|---|
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rickettsiales |
| Family: | Rickettsiaceae |
| Genus: | Rickettsia |
| Species group: | Spotted fever group |
| Species: | R. philipii
|
| Binomial name | |
| Rickettsia philipii Kato et al. 2010
[1]
| |
| Pacific Coast tick fever | |
|---|---|
| Causes | Rickettsia philipii spread by the Pacific coast tick [2] |
| Differential diagnosis | Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, rickettsialpox [3] |
Pacific Coast tick fever is an infection caused by Rickettsia philipii. [2] The disease is spread by the Pacific coast ticks. [2] Symptoms may include an eschar. [2] It is within a group known as spotted fever rickettsiosis together with Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and rickettsialpox. [3] These infections can be difficult to tell apart. [3]
- ^ Kato, C.Y., Robinson, L.K., White, F.H., Slater, K., Karpathy, S.E., Eremeeva, M.E. and Dasch, G.A. "Insertion/deletion (INDEL) typing of isolates of Rickettsia rickettsii." Georgia Research Alliance Collaboration Roundtable. February 26, 2010. Poster Abstracts no. 10. pp. 5-6
- ^ a b c d "Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Pacific Coast Tick Fever)". www.cdph.ca.gov. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ a b c "Epidemiology and Statistics Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF)". CDC. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.