Bacterial
an infectious, plaguelike, zoonotic disease caused by infection with the bacillus Francisella tularensis. It is found primarily in rodents but also affects humans and many other animals; rabbits, squirrels, and muskrats are the primary source of infection. It is transmitted by the bites of deer flies, fleas, and ticks; by contact with contaminated animals or […]
Read more →a bacterium of the class Mollicutes.
Read more →a genus of bacteria of the tribe Ehrlichieae, family Rickettsiaceae, order Rickettsiales that produce disease in dogs, cattle, sheep, and humans.
Read more →a general term encompassing a number of diseases that are caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and have similar manifestations, including Lyme disease, acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans, Bannwarth’s syndrome, and erythema chronicum migrans.
Read more →a genus of bacteria of the family Bartonellaceae, order Rickettsiales, made up of gram-negative cells in chains found in fixed tissue cells and in or on erythrocytes. The organism occurs in humans, sometimes asymptomatically, and in arthropod vectors. The genus includes organisms formerly classified in the genus Rochalimaea.
Read more →