"Rickettsia prowazekii" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the etiologic agent of epidemic typhus fever acquired through contact with lice (TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE) as well as Brill's disease.
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D012283
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.647.650.650.600 B03.660.050.765.650.650.600
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rickettsia prowazekii" by people in Profiles.
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Evidence for louse-transmitted diseases in soldiers of Napoleon's Grand Army in Vilnius. J Infect Dis. 2006 Jan 01; 193(1):112-20.