DeCS

Descriptor English:

Rickettsia

Descriptor Spanish:

Rickettsia

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Rickettsia
Entry term(s)	riquetsia
Scope note:	Género de bacterias gramnegativas, aerobias, con forma bacilar que con frecuencia están rodeadas por una microcápsula proteica y una capa mucosa. El ciclo natural de estos microorganismos suele incluir un huésped vertebrado y un huésped invertebrado. Las especies del género producen en los seres humanos enfermedades como el tifus.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Rickettsia

Descriptor French:

Rickettsia

Tree number(s):

B03.660.050.783.875.650.650

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012281

Scope note:

A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria often surrounded by a protein microcapsular layer and slime layer. The natural cycle of its organisms generally involves a vertebrate and an invertebrate host. Species of the genus are the etiological agents of human diseases, such as typhus.

Annotation:

classified with bacteria; infection = RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS or their specifics: see notes on species terms for various infections; Rickettsia quintana infection = TRENCH FEVER; RICKETTSIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI see ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI is available

Allowable Qualifiers:

CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
PH physiologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

12694

Unique ID:

D012281

NLM Classification:

QW 150

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01