Diseases

Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis

A group of arthropod-borne diseases caused by spotted fever bio-group members of RICKETTSIA. They are characterized by fever, headache, and petechial (spotted) rash.

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Abstract

A group of arthropod-borne diseases caused by spotted fever bio-group members of RICKETTSIA. They are characterized by fever, headache, and petechial (spotted) rash.

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Synonyms

47 entry terms
  • Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses
  • Spotted Fevers
  • Fever, Spotted
  • Fevers, Spotted
  • Spotted Fever
  • African Tick-Bite Fever
  • Far Eastern Spotted Fever
  • Flinders Island Spotted Fever
  • Japanese Spotted Fever
  • North Asian Tick Typhus
  • Queensland Tick Typhus
  • Rickettsia aeschlimannii Infection
  • Rickettsia africae Infection
  • Rickettsia akari Infection
  • Rickettsia australis Infection
  • Rickettsia slovaca Infection
  • Rickettsialpox
  • TIBOLA
  • Tick-Borne Lymphadenopathy
  • African Tick Bite Fever
  • Fever, African Tick-Bite
  • Fever, Japanese Spotted
  • Fevers, Japanese Spotted
  • Infection, Rickettsia aeschlimannii
  • Infection, Rickettsia africae
  • Infection, Rickettsia akari
  • Infection, Rickettsia australis
  • Infection, Rickettsia slovaca
  • Infections, Rickettsia aeschlimannii
  • Infections, Rickettsia africae
  • Infections, Rickettsia akari
  • Infections, Rickettsia australis
  • Infections, Rickettsia slovaca
  • Japanese Spotted Fevers
  • Lymphadenopathies, Tick-Borne
  • Lymphadenopathy, Tick-Borne
  • Rickettsia aeschlimannii Infections
  • Rickettsia africae Infections
  • Rickettsia akari Infections
  • Rickettsia australis Infections
  • Rickettsia slovaca Infections
  • Spotted Fever, Japanese
  • Tick Borne Lymphadenopathy
  • Tick Typhus, Queensland
  • Tick-Bite Fever, African
  • Tick-Borne Lymphadenopathies
  • Typhus, Queensland Tick

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Aspects Covered

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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Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with Rickettsia species if pertinent, but note specifics

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History Note

2018

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Previous Indexing

  • Rickettsia Infections (1963-2017)
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (1963-2017)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000073605. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000073605
  2. Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_fever
  3. Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9274700