Rickettsia akari

Known as: Dermacentroxenus murinus, Gamasoxenus muris, rickettsialpox

A species of gram-negative bacteria that causes rickettsialpox. The vector is a mouse mite and the reservoirs are mites and mice.

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1995

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1994

Review

1994

The arthropod-borne rickettsial, borrelial, and bacterial diseases of North America are a diverse group of disorders that produce…

1990

A total of 192 hybridomas were developed from mice immunized with Rickettsia japonica, a newly identified spotted fever group…

1976

Purified radioactive rickettsiae were obtained from irradiated and cycloheximide-inhibited L cells, and their proteins were…

1974

Negative-contrast electron microscopy revealed that the outer layer of the envelope of rickettsiae is composed of a matrix of…

1971

The effect of mouse interferon (IF) on the multiplication of Rickettsia akari in homologous (L-929) cell cultures and the effect…

1965

Following infection with R. akari or R. australis, Swiss mice developed species-specific antibody which, unlike guinea pig…

1950

Preliminary experiments in December, 1949, indicated that a new antibiotic, then designated as PA76, possessed antirickettsial…

1950

1948