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Diseases, rickettsial — 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
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
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
Coxiella burnetii — C. burnetii, the causative agent of Q fever Scientific classification Kingdom: Bacteria … Wikipedia
Willy Burgdorfer — Willy Burgdorfer, an American scientist born and educated in Basel, Switzerland, is an international leader in the field of medical entomology. He is famous for his discovery of the bacterial pathogen that causes Lyme disease, a spirochete named… … Wikipedia
