Medically reviewed by Ronald Lubelchek, MDTyphus fevers are a group of diseases caused by rickettsia bacteria infection. Typhus is transferred to humans by an infected animal. Typical carriers include ...

CDC researchers warned clinicians March 27 about a potential resurgence of murine typhus, a rare flea-borne disease, according to MedPage Today.  Murine typhus, caused by the bacteria Rickettsia typhi ...

The Lamason Lab studies R. parkeri as a model for infection of the more virulent Rickettsia rickettsii. R. rickettsii, carried and transmitted by ticks, causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.

Tick-borne diseases are an endemic and emergent public health problem ... Determining the vector ecology and epidemiology of tick-borne spotted fever group Rickettsia in a large urban setting of ...

The objective of the investigation was to determine the initial antibiotic administered to children for whom rickettsial infection was considered likely. METHODS: The study population consisted of ...

Scrub typhus is caused by the bacterium 'Orientia tsutsugamushi', which belongs to the rickettsia family. Severe illness due to the infection can lead to Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), ...