Queensland tick typhus

Queensland tick typhus
Other namesAustralian tick typhus or Rickettsial spotted fever[1]
SpecialtyInfectious disease

Queensland tick typhus[2] is a zoonotic disease[3] caused by the bacterium Rickettsia australis.[4] It is transmitted by the ticks Ixodes holocyclus and Ixodes tasmani.[5]

  1. ^ Spotted fevers Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine, Department of Medical Entomology, University of Sydney
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  3. ^ Stewart, Adam; Armstrong, Mark; Graves, Stephen; Hajkowicz, Krispin (2017-04-15). "Epidemiology and Characteristics of Rickettsia australis (Queensland Tick Typhus) Infection in Hospitalized Patients in North Brisbane, Australia". Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2 (2): 10. doi:10.3390/tropicalmed2020010. ISSN 2414-6366. PMC 6082070. PMID 30270868.
  4. ^ 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.
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