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Siberian tick typhus

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Siberian tick typhus [sī′bir·ē·ən ¦tik ‚tī·fəs]
(medicine)
A relatively benign, rash- and eschar-producing spotted-fever-like disease in northern Asia, caused byRickettsia siberica;transmitted by four species ofDermacentorand two ofHaemaphysalis.


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The rash that accompanies tick-borne rickettsiosis in the Russian Far East is less obvious, and the disease apparently affects older people than Siberian tick typhus.
Acute tick-borne rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia heilongjiangensis ... by Raoult, Didier / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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