American tick bite fever
| American tick bite fever | |
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| Other names | Rickettsia parkeri infection |
| Specialty | Infectious disease |
| American tick bite fever | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rickettsiales |
| Family: | Rickettsiaceae |
| Genus: | Rickettsia |
| Species group: | Spotted fever group |
| Species: | R. parkeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Rickettsia parkeri Lackman et al. 1965
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American tick bite fever (also known as "Rickettsia parkeri infection") is a spotted fever disease caused by the tick-borne bacterium Rickettsia parkeri. Symptoms may include a fever, red spots on the skin throughout the body, and an eschar at the site of the tick-bite.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. p. 1130. ISBN 978-1-4160-2999-1.
- "Rickettsia parkeri". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. 35792.
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