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''Rickettsia quintana'' is transmitted by the by contamination of a [[skin]] [[abrasion]] or of a louse-bite wound with the [[faeces]] of an infected [[body louse]]([[ | ''Rickettsia quintana'' is transmitted by the by contamination of a [[skin]] [[abrasion]] or of a louse-bite wound with the [[faeces]] of an infected [[body louse]] (''[[Pediculus humanus corporis]]''), there has also been reports of an infected louse bite passing on the [[infection]].<ref name="Tropical">{{cite book|title=The Diagnostics and treatment of tropical diseases|author=Edward Rhodes Stitt|publisher=P. Blakiston's Son & Co.|date=1922}}</ref> | ||
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Overview
Rickettsia quintana is transmitted by the by contamination of a skin abrasion or of a louse-bite wound with the faeces of an infected body louse (Pediculus humanus corporis), there has also been reports of an infected louse bite passing on the infection.[1]
References
- ↑ Edward Rhodes Stitt (1922). The Diagnostics and treatment of tropical diseases. P. Blakiston's Son & Co.