Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Rickettsia rickettsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Alpha Proteobacteria Order: Rickettsiales Family: Rickettsiaceae Genus: Rickettsia Species: R. rickettsii
Binomial name
Rickettsia rickettsii Wolbach, 1919

This page is about clinical aspects of the disease.  For microbiologic aspects of the causative organism(s), see Rickettsia.

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Michael Maddaleni, B.S.

Synonyms and keywords: American tick typhus; Brazilian spotted fever; Sao Paulo fever

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• Centers for Disease Control - Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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