Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134477206
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 19, Problem 3TMW
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The reason that most cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever occur in May, June, and July.
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Rickettsia rickettsii causes “Rocky Mountain spotted fever”, the most reported and severe fever rickettsiosis. Rickettsia rickettsii is typically dormant in salivary glands of its vector tick. It is small, aerobic, nonmotile, intracellular, Gram-negative bacterium that has a peptidoglycan cell wall and outer lipopolysaccharide membrane.
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