A pathogenic coccobacillus that causes a disease whose early symptoms include a rash, and is known to have three vectors: two species of dog tick and one species of wood tick. What is my full name in proper format? (NOT Francisella tularensis )
Ans:-) The pathogen is Rikettsia rikettsii.
It is gram - ve, cocco. bacillus bacterium.
The most common vectors for this bacteria are ticks. Ticks are vectors, reservor, amplifier of this disease.
There are commonly 3 tick vectors:-
(i) American dog tick :- Dermacentor variabilis
(ii) Rocky mountain wood tick :-
Dermacentor andersoni
(iii) Brown dog tick :- Rhipicephalus sanguine
Symptoms :- mostly they cause fever, chills, headache,
Nausea, vomiting, anoxia and sometimes rashes on arms and legs appear during early symptoms.
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