Rickettsiosis Tick-borne

Rickettsirosis is an acute natural focal infectious disease caused by rickettsia, characterized by fever, intoxication and erythema of the skin, general allergization, damage to the neurovascular bundles, heart and other internal organs. Rickettsia are tiny bacteria, reaching up to 0.5-1 microns in length and having the shape of rods. Typically, rickettsioses develop after the bite of infected insects, such as ticks or lice. Symptoms of tick-borne rickettsia may appear within several