Rickettsia australis - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Rickettsia australis is a bacterium that causes a medical condition called Queensland tick typhus

Queensland tick typhus

Queensland tick typhus is a condition caused by a bacterium Rickettsia australis.It is transmitted by Ixodes holocyclus and Ixodes tasmani.- See also :* Typhus...

. The probable vectors are the tick species, Ixodes holocyclus and Ixodes tasmani. Small marsupials are suspected reservoirs of this bacterium.

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