rickettsiosis
1. [ noun ] (medicine) infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria
Synonyms: rickettsial_disease
Related terms: infectious_disease typhus Q_fever rickettsialpox trench_fever ricketsialpox tsutsugamushi_disease spotted_fever
Similar spelling:   rickettsias
  Rickettsiales
  rickettsia
  rickettsial
  rickettsialpox
  Rickettsiaceae
  ricketsialpox