Rickettsia felis is an emerging pathogen primarily associated with flea-borne diseases, particularly those transmitted by the common cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis. This bacterium has gained ...

DURING June and July, 1946, there appeared in New York City a peculiar febrile disease that aroused considerable interest and had both clinicians and laboratory workers temporarily baffled.

Flea-borne typhus is a rickettsial disease caused by a bacteria called — Rickettsia typhi. Infected fleas carried by rats, ...

The disease, Rickettsia Parkeri Rickettsiosis ... The deadly Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is carried by the American Dog tick ...