Rickettsia rickettsii

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A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the etiologic agent of ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER. Its cells are slightly smaller and more uniform in size than those of RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII.

Descriptor ID

D012284

MeSH Number(s)

B03.440.647.650.650.650

B03.660.050.765.650.650.650

Concept/Terms

Rickettsia rickettsii

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Organisms [B]
Bacteria [B03]
Gram-Negative Bacteria [B03.440]
Rickettsiaceae [B03.440.647]
Rickettsieae [B03.440.647.650]
Rickettsia [B03.440.647.650.650]
Rickettsia rickettsii [B03.440.647.650.650.650]
Proteobacteria [B03.660]
Alphaproteobacteria [B03.660.050]
Rickettsiaceae [B03.660.050.765]
Rickettsieae [B03.660.050.765.650]
Rickettsia [B03.660.050.765.650.650]
Rickettsia rickettsii [B03.660.050.765.650.650.650]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Rickettsia rickettsii" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Rickettsia rickettsii" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 3 publications over 3 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2000 and 2002 and 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2000	0	1	1
2002	1	0	1
2014	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Rickettsia rickettsii" by people in Profiles.

Child Neurology: Rocky Mountain spotted fever encephalitis. Neurology. 2017 03 14; 88(11):e92-e95.

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Fever and a solitary papule on the foot. JAMA Dermatol. 2014 Feb; 150(2):203-4.

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Retrospective clinical and molecular analysis of conditioned laboratory dogs (Canis familiaris) with serologic reactions to Ehrlichia canis, Borrelia burgdorferi, and Rickettsia rickettsii. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2008 Sep; 47(5):23-8.

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Clinical and laboratory features, hospital course, and outcome of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in children. J Pediatr. 2007 Feb; 150(2):180-4, 184.e1.

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Lymph node hemophagocytosis in rickettsial diseases: a pathogenetic role for CD8 T lymphocytes in human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME)? BMC Infect Dis. 2006 Jul 21; 6:121.

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A Rickettsia WASP-like protein activates the Arp2/3 complex and mediates actin-based motility. Cell Microbiol. 2004 Aug; 6(8):761-9.

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Short report: concurrent Rocky Mountain spotted fever in a dog and its owner. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2002 Feb; 66(2):197-9.

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Q fever endocarditis associated with extensive serological cross-reactivity. Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Mar; 30(3):609-10.

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Dual infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis and a spotted fever group rickettsia: a case report. Emerg Infect Dis. 1998 Apr-Jun; 4(2):311-6.

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Primary isolation of spotted fever group rickettsiae from Amblyomma cooperi collected from Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris in Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1996 May-Jun; 91(3):273-5.

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