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... > Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Alphaproteobacteria > Rickettsiales > Rickettsiaceae > Rickettsieae > Orientia

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Orientia  

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  • A genus of intracellular, gram-negative obligate bacteria belonging to the family RICKETTSIACEAE and the phylum PROTEOBACTERIA. This genus also includes ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI which is a known cause of SCRUB TYPHUS transmitted to humans by various TROMBICULID MITES.

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  • 2021

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000084162

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