Question

What are Rickettsia?

Answer 1

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The rickettsiae are a diverse collection of obligately intracellular Gram-negative bacteria found in ticks, lice, fleas, mites, chiggers, and mammals.

it cause disease called rickettsial diseases cause sudden fever, chills, and headache (possibly severe). . Nausea, vomiting, and anorexia are common in early illness.

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Answer 2

Rickettsia is a genus of nonmotile, Gram-negative, nonspore-forming, highly pleomorphic bacteria that may occur in the forms of cocci 0.1 μm in diameter, rods 1–4 μm long, or threads of up to about 10 μm long.