Rickettsia sibirica

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Introduction

Etiologic agent of Siberian tick typhus.

Epidemiology

  • distribution: Siberia, Mongolia
  • wild rodents serve as reservoir
  • transmitted to humans by tick bite

Laboratory

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References

  1. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 91
  2. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 748