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Rickettsial diseases — The infectious diseases caused by the rickettsiae fall into 4 groups:(1) typhus: epidemic typhus, Brill Zinsser disease, murine (endemic) typhus, and scrub typhus; (2) spotted fever—Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Eastern tick borne… … Medical dictionary
Selected infectious and parasitic diseases of animals — ▪ Table Selected infectious and parasitic diseases of animals animal(s) affected name(s) of disease nature of disease Diseases of bacterial origin most mammals, chickens necrobacillosis, calf diptheria, bovine foot rot, necrotic hepatitis,… … Universalium
Some common diseases of dogs — ▪ Table Some common diseases of dogs name(s) of disease causative agent nature of disease distemper virus affects nonvaccinated (nonimmunized) puppies in contact with infected animals; symptoms include loss of appetite, fever; inflammation of the … Universalium
List of diseases (R) — A list of diseases in the English wikipedia.DiseasesTOC RaRab Rai* Rabies * Rabson Mendenhall syndrome * Radial defect Robin sequence * Radial hypoplasia, triphalangeal thumbs and hypospadias * Radial ray agenesis * Radial ray hypoplasia choanal… … Wikipedia
Coxiella — A genus of filterable bacteria (order Rickettsiales) containing small, pleomorphic, rod shaped or coccoid, Gram negative cells that occur intracellularly in the cytoplasm of infected cells and possibly extracellularly in infected ticks. These… … Medical dictionary
Cowdria — Cow·dria kau̇ drē ə n a genus of small pleomorphic intracellular rickettsial bacteria known chiefly from ticks but including the causative organism (C. ruminantium) of heartwater of ruminants Cow·dry kau̇ drē Edmund Vincent (1888 1975) American… … Medical dictionary
rickettsia — rickettsial, adj. /ri ket see euh/, n., pl. rickettsiae / see ee /, rickettsias / see euhz/. 1. any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and… … Universalium
human disease — Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a human being that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. health versus disease Before human disease can be discussed, the meanings of the terms health, physical fitness, illness … Universalium
infectious disease — Introduction in medicine, a process caused by a microorganism that impairs a person s health. An infection, by contrast, is the invasion of and replication in the body by any of various microbial agents including bacteria, viruses (virus),… … Universalium
A partial list of zoonoses — ▪ Table A partial list of zoonoses disease causative organism animals principally involved Viral diseases arbovirus infections febrile illnesses hemorrhagic fever epidemic nephrosonephritis encephalitis (mosquito borne and tick borne) … Universalium
