Queensland tick typhus

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Queensland tick typhus [′kwēnz·lənd ¦tik ′tī·fəs]

(medicine)

A benign infectious disease of humans found in rural northeastern Australia, caused by the bacterialike microorganismRickettsia australisand presumed to be carried by the tickIxodes holocyclus.

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No references found			Queensland tick typhus (QTT) is endemic to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (1-6). Diagnosis of Queensland tick typhus and African tick bite fever by ... by Wang, Jin-Mei; Hudson, Bernard J.; Watts, Matthew R.; Karagiannis, Tom; Fisher, Noel J.; Anderson, C / Emerging Infectious Diseases Queensland tick typhus (QTT) is caused by Rickettsia australis, an obligate intracellular organism that is transmitted to humans through the bite of 1 of 2 known tick vectors, Ixodes holocyclus or I. Severe spotted fever group rickettsiosis Australia by Mcbride, William J.H.; Hanson, Joshua P.; Miller, Robert; Wenck, Drew / Emerging Infectious Diseases In addition to previously described cases of Flinders Island spotted fever (Rickettsia honei strain "marmionii"), we describe 1 case of Queensland tick typhus (R. Three rickettsioses, Darnley Island, Australia by Graves, Stephen R. / Emerging Infectious Diseases			queen truss Queen Wilhelmina State Park Queen's Birthday Queen's Day queen's metal Queen's University Queen's University at Kingston Queen, Ellery Queen, the queen-post roof queen-post truss Queenborough in Sheppey Queenborough-in-Sheppey Queens Queens College Queens County Queens Problem Queens Puzzle Queensberry rules Queensberry, James Douglas, 2d duke of Queensberry, John Sholto Douglas, 8th marquess of Queensberry, Marquis of Queenship of Mary Queensland Queensland nut Queensland tick typhus Queensland, University of queenslandite Queenston Queenston shale Queenstown queenstownite Queensway Queequeg Queer Street Queiros, Pedro Fernandes de Queiroz, José Maria Eça de Queiroz, Rachel de QUEL Quelch, Harry quelea Quelimane Quellinus, Artus quellung reaction Quemoy quench aging quench annealing quench bath quench frequency quench hardening quench oscillator			Queensland Spatial Information Council Queensland Spatial Information Infrastructure Council Queensland Spatial Information Infrastructure Strategy Queensland Spatial Information Office Queensland Speedcar Racing Association Queensland Sport and Athletic Centre Queensland Sporting Clays Association Queensland Sports Medicine Centre Queensland SQL Queensland State Football League Queensland State Services Union Queensland Studies Authority Queensland Supply Chain Conference Queensland Sustainable Energy Innovation Fund Queensland Symphony Orchestra Queensland Synchronized Iceskating Club Inc. Queensland Teachers Credit Union Queensland Teachers' Union Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre Queensland Tertiary Education Alliance Queensland Textbook Warehouse Queensland Theatre Company Queensland Theatre Orchestra Queensland Theological College Queensland tick typhus Queensland Torana Car Club Queensland Tourism Industry Council Queensland Tourist and Travel Corporation Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre Queensland Transmission and Supply Corporation Queensland Treasury Corporation Queensland tulipwood Queensland Turf Club Queensland Turf Producers Association Queensland University Queensland University Advanced Centre for Earthquake Studies Queensland University Games Society Queensland University Libraries Office of Cooperation Queensland University Musical Society Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology Law and Justice Journal Queensland University Regiment Queensland University Seventh Day Adventist Society Queensland Urban Drainage Manual Queensland Vascular Diagnostics Queensland Vintage Aeroplane Group Queensland Volleyball Association Queensland Volleyball Officiating Commission Queensland Wader Study Group

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