Rickettsia rickettsii & other Rickettsia species - an Osmosis Preview

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What are Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever) and other Rickettsia species? The Rickettsiae are a genus of Gram-negative coccobacilli, which includes two major groups of bacteria. First, there’s the spotted-fever group, the main species in this group is Rickettsia rickettsii, which causes a disease called Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Second, there’s the typhus group of Rickettsia species - which cause different forms of typhus. This group includes Rickettsia prowazekii, which causes a disease called epidemic typhus, and Rickettsia typhi, which causes murine typhus, also called endemic typhus.

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