Rickettsia rickettsii is another Rickettsial disease, which is also known as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Symptoms are – you guessed it, if you said, just like the ones mentioned for Anaplasma.

Typhus fevers are a group of diseases caused by rickettsia bacteria infection. Typhus is transferred to humans by an infected animal. Typical carriers include fleas, mites, and lice. Although the ...

More information: Guang Xu et al, A new spotted fever group Rickettsia genotype in Haemaphysalis leporispalustris from Maine, USA, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases (2025).

Tasmanian salmon farming is facing criticism, with an MP and environmental groups calling for an inquiry into the industry and whether diseased fish are being sold to the public.

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 ...

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 ...

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), ...

Research team led by NARO and the University of Miyazaki has discovered that the symbiotic bacterium Rickettsia induces cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) in Nesidiocoris tenuis, a predatory insect ...

As mentioned by Dr Gulati, Scrub Typhus is caused due to ‘Orientia tsutsugamushi’ which was previously named 'Rickettsia tsutsugamushi’. Some species of mites called as Chiggers carry these ...

Scrub typhus is a disease that's spread to people through bite of a mite and is caused by a bacteria known as Orientia tsutsugamushi. Scrub typhus cases are on rise in Rajasthan and Himachal ...