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Descriptor English: Rickettsia prowazekii
Descriptor Spanish: Rickettsia prowazekii
Descriptor Rickettsia prowazekii
Scope note: Especie de bacterias aerobias gramnegativas que causan la fiebre tifoidea epidémica adquirida a través del contacto con piojos (TIFUS EPIDÉMICO TRANSMITIDO POR PIOJOS) así como la enfermedad de Brill.
Descriptor Portuguese: Rickettsia prowazekii
Descriptor French: Rickettsia prowazekii
Tree number(s): B03.660.050.783.875.650.650.600
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012283
Scope note: A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the etiologic agent of epidemic typhus fever acquired through contact with lice (TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE) as well as Brill's disease.
Annotation: infection = TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 12696
Unique ID: D012283
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Rickettsia prowazekii - Preferred
Concept UI M0019099
Scope note A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the etiologic agent of epidemic typhus fever acquired through contact with lice (TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE) as well as Brill's disease.
Preferred term Rickettsia prowazekii



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