Queensland tick typhus
| Queensland tick typhus | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
| Specialty | Infectious disease |
| ICD-10 | A77.3 |
| ICD-9-CM | 082.3 |
| DiseasesDB | 33840 |
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
Notes
- ↑ Archived December 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine., (unattributed material, possibly unedited translation)
- ↑ Spotted fevers, Department of Medical Entomology, University of Sydney
- ↑ Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. p. 1130. ISBN 1-4160-2999-0.
- ↑ "MerckMedicus : Dorland's Medical Dictionary".
External links
- Details on symptoms, treatment, etc., of Queensland Tick Typhus [1]
- NSW Health pamphlet: "Typhus (epidemic, murine and other rickettsial diseases)"[2]
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