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Neorickettsia is a genus of bacteria. Species or strains in this genus are coccoid or pleomorphic cells that reside in cytoplasmic vacuoles within monocytes and macrophages of dogs, horses, bats, and humans.[1]
Neorickettsia sennetsu causes Sennetsu ehrlichiosis.[2] Unlike other forms of ehrlichiosis, Neorickettsia sennetsu is transmitted by trematodes from fish.[3] Neorickettsia risticii causes Potomac horse fever. Neorickettsia helminthoeca is found in association with the trematode Nanophyetus salmincola, and causes salmon poisoning disease in dogs and other canids. Neorickettsia elokominica causes a similar disease, Elokomin fluke fever, in canids and other species.
Species
- Neorickettsia risticii
- Neorickettsia sennetsu
- Neorickettsia elokominica
- Neorickettsia helminthoeca
References
- ↑ Garrity, George (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Springer. ISBN 0-387-24145-0.
- ↑ "Neorickettsia_sennetsu | 2can Support Portal | EBI".
- ↑ "Chapter 5 - Rickettsial (Spotted and Typhus Fevers) and Related Infections (Anaplasmosis and Ehrlichiosis) - 2010 Yellow Book | CDC Travelers' Health".
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