TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Rickettsiae A1 - Levinson, Warren A1 - Chin-Hong, Peter A1 - Joyce, Elizabeth A. A1 - Nussbaum, Jesse A1 - Schwartz, Brian Y1 - 2020 N1 - T2 - Review of Medical Microbiology & Immunology: A Guide to Clinical Infectious Diseases, 16e AB - Rickettsiae are obligate intracellular bacteria; that is, they can grow only within cells. They are the agents of several important diseases, namely typhus, spotted fevers such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Q fever, ehrlichiosis, and anaplasmosis. Other less important rickettsial diseases such as endemic and scrub typhus occur primarily in developing countries. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2023/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1185661227 ER -