TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - RICKETTSIAL DISEASES
A1  - Walker, David H.
A1  - Dumler, J. Stephen
A1  - Marrie, Thomas
A2  - Kasper, Dennis L.
A2  - Fauci, Anthony S.
PY  - 2017
T2  - Harrison's Infectious Diseases, 3e
AB  - The  rickettsiae  are  a  heterogeneous  group  of  small,  obligately  intracellular,  gram-negative  coccobacilli  and  short  bacilli,  most  of  which  are  transmitted  by  a  tick,  mite,  flea,  or  louse  vector.  Except  in  the  case  of  louse-borne  typhus,  humans  are  incidental  hosts.  Among  rickettsiae,  Coxiella  burnetii,  Rickettsia  prowazekii,  and  R.  typhi  have  the  well-documented  ability  to  survive  for  an  extended  period  outside  the  reservoir  or  vector  and  to  be  extremely  infectious:  inhalation  of  a  single  Coxiella  microorganism  can  cause  pneumonia.  High-level  infectivity  and  severe  illness  after  inhalation  make  R.  prowazekii,  R.  rickettsii,  R.  typhi,  R.  conorii,  and  C.  burnetii  bioterrorism  threats.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141410218
ER  -