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Dermacentor variabilis and Rickettsia rickettsii

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Difference between Dermacentor variabilis and Rickettsia rickettsii

Dermacentor variabilis vs. Rickettsia rickettsii

Dermacentor variabilis, also known as the American dog tick or wood tick, is a species of tick that is known to carry bacteria responsible for several diseases in humans, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia (Francisella tularensis). Rickettsia rickettsii (abbreviated as R. rickettsii) is a gram-negative, intracellular, coccobacillus bacterium that is around 0.8 to 2.0 micrometers long.

Similarities between Dermacentor variabilis and Rickettsia rickettsii

Dermacentor variabilis and Rickettsia rickettsii have 5 things in common (in Unionpedia): Bacteria, Ixodidae, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Tick.

Bacteria

Bacteria (common noun bacteria, singular bacterium) is a type of biological cell.

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Ixodidae

The Ixodidae are the family of hard ticks or scale ticks, one of the two big families of ticks, consisting of over 700 species.

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Rhipicephalus sanguineus

The brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus), commonly called kennel tick, or pan-tropical dog tick, is a species of tick which is found worldwide, but more commonly in warmer climates.

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Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), also known as blue disease, is the most lethal and most frequently reported rickettsial illness in the United States.

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Tick

Ticks are small arachnids, part of the order Parasitiformes.

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Dermacentor variabilis and Rickettsia rickettsii Comparison

Dermacentor variabilis has 30 relations, while Rickettsia rickettsii has 37. As they have in common 5, the Jaccard index is 7.46% = 5 / (30 + 37).

References

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