"Rickettsia felis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A species of gram-negative bacteria transmitted by the flea Ctenocephalides felis, and known to infect CATS, oppossums, and humans.
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D041161
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.647.650.650.362 B03.660.050.765.650.650.320
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rickettsia felis" by people in Profiles.
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Human Rickettsia felis infection, Canary Islands, Spain. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Dec; 11(12):1961-4.