Diseases

Piscirickettsiaceae Infections

Infections with bacteria of the family PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE, causing septicemic disease of salmonid fish (SALMONIDAE). Piscirickettsia-like bacteria are also associated with disease syndromes in non-salmonid fish.

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Abstract

Infections with bacteria of the family PISCIRICKETTSIACEAE, causing septicemic disease of salmonid fish (SALMONIDAE). Piscirickettsia-like bacteria are also associated with disease syndromes in non-salmonid fish.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Piscirickettsiosis
  • Piscirickettsiaceae Infection
  • Piscirickettsioses

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36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2004

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Previous Indexing

  • Fish Diseases (1997-2003)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Piscirickettsiaceae Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D044225. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D044225
  2. Piscirickettsiaceae Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6076840