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Preferred term

Rickettsia prowazekii  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the etiologic agent of epidemic typhus fever acquired through contact with lice (TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE) as well as Brill's disease.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • txid782

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-XCX30LKM-H

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