Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Rickettsia conorii
(Boutonneuse fever,
found in the Mediterranean,
Africa, Asia, India)
Rickettsia japonica (Japanese spotted fever, found in Japan)
Rickettsia sibirica (North Asian tick typhus, found in Siberia and China)
Rickettsia australis (Queensland tick typhus, found in Australia)
Rickettsia honei (Flinders Island spotted fever)
Rickettsia africae (African tick bite fever, found in South Africa)
Rickettsia parkeri (American tick bite fever)
Rickettsia aeschlimannii (Rickettsia aeschlimannii infection)
Mite-borne:
Rickettsia akari (Rickettsialpox, found in the USA and Russia)
Orientia tsutsugamushi (so-called scrub typhus)
Flea-borne:
Rickettsia felis (Flea-borne spotted fever, found in the Americas, Southern
Europe, and Australia)
As the name suggests, the spotted fevers are characterized by rash and fever.
Readers should not be confused by the term “scrub typhus” for infection by
Orientia tsutsugamushi (alternately named Rickettsia tsutsutgamushi). This dis-
ease is grouped as a “spotted fever,” not a form of typhus. As an interesting
note, infection by Orientia tsutsugamushi has been reported to retard the pro-
gression of HIV infection (in terms of viral load) [30]. It seems that the HIV
virus shares homologous genes with Orientia tsutsugamushi, and these genes
produce antigens that are somewhat protective against the virus [30].
Infectious species:
Bartonella bacilliformis (Carrion's disease or Oroya fever or Verruga
Peruana or Peruvian wart, bartonellosis)
Bartonella quintana, formerly Rochalimaea quintana (trench fever,
bacteremia, bacillary angiomatosis, endocarditis)
Bartonella species, formerly Rochalimaea species (bacteremia)
Bartonella henselae (cat scratch disease, bacillary angiomatosis, bacillary
peliosis, peliosis hepatis, bacteremia, endocarditis)
Bartonella elizabethae (endocarditis)
Bartonella grahamii (retinitis)
Bartonella vinsoni (endocarditis, bacteremia)
Bartonella washonsis (myocarditis)
Bartonella clarridgiae (bacteremia)
Bartonella rochalimae (Carrion's disease like syndrome)
Brucella abortus (brucellosis or Malta fever)
Brucella canis (dog brucellosis, rarely infecting humans)
