Pacific Coast tick fever | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Rickettsiales |
Family: | Rickettsiaceae |
Genus: | Rickettsia |
Species group: | Spotted fever group |
Species: | R. philipii
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Binomial name | |
Rickettsia philipii Kato et al. 2010[1]
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Pacific Coast tick fever | |
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Causes | Rickettsia philipii spread by the Pacific coast tick[2] |
Differential diagnosis | Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, rickettsialpox[3] |
Pacific Coast tick fever is an infection caused by Rickettsia philipii.[2] The disease is spread by the Pacific coast ticks.[2] Symptoms may include an eschar.[2] It is within a group known as spotted fever rickettsiosis together with Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and rickettsialpox.[3] These infections can be difficult to tell apart.[3]