Queensland tick typhus

Queensland tick typhus
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 A77.3
ICD-9 082.3

Queensland tick typhus[1] (or Australian tick typhus or (Rickettsial) spotted fever[2]) is a condition caused by a bacterium Rickettsia australis.[3]

It is transmitted by Ixodes holocyclus and Ixodes tasmani.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ [[http://knowledge-storage.com/medicine/37-medicine/62-queensland-tick-typhus Queensland tick typhus, (unattributed material, possibly unedited translation)
  2. ^ Spotted fevers, Department of Medical Entomology, University of Sydney
  3. ^ Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. pp. 1130. ISBN 1-4160-2999-0. 
  4. ^ "MerckMedicus : Dorland's Medical Dictionary". http://www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/thcp_dorlands_content_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/drlnd/eight_09/000112685.htm#000112685.