#rickettsial_disease__rickettsialdisease__rickettsiosis__rickettsiosi  infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria
  supertype:  infectious_disease  a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
  subtype:  typhus_fever__typhus  rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
     subtype:  murine_typhus__rat_typhus__urban_typhus__endemic_typhus  acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea; characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash
  subtype:  spotted_fever__spottedfever  any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin
     subtype:  Rocky_Mountain_spotted_fever__mountain_fever__tick_fever  caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks
  subtype:  Q_fever  an acute disease resembling influenza
  subtype:  ricketsialpox  mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble chickenpox
  subtype:  trench_fever  marked by pain in muscles and joints and transmitted by lice
  subtype:  tsutsugamushi_disease__tsutsugamushidisease__scrub_typhus  transmitted by larval mites and widespread in Asia

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