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Dermacentor variabilis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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Difference between Dermacentor variabilis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Dermacentor variabilis vs. Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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

Similarities between Dermacentor variabilis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Dermacentor variabilis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever have 6 things in common (in Unionpedia): Bacteria, Dermacentor, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Rickettsia rickettsii, Tick, Vector (epidemiology).

Bacteria

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

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Dermacentor

Dermacentor, also known as the American Levi tick, is a genus of ticks in the family Ixodidae, the hard ticks.

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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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Rickettsia rickettsii

Rickettsia rickettsii (abbreviated as R. rickettsii) is a gram-negative, intracellular, coccobacillus bacterium that is around 0.8 to 2.0 micrometers long.

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Tick

Ticks are small arachnids, part of the order Parasitiformes.

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Vector (epidemiology)

In epidemiology, a disease vector is any agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism; most agents regarded as vectors are organisms, such as intermediate parasites or microbes, but it could be an inanimate medium of infection such as dust particles.

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Dermacentor variabilis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever Comparison

Dermacentor variabilis has 30 relations, while Rocky Mountain spotted fever has 96. As they have in common 6, the Jaccard index is 4.76% = 6 / (30 + 96).

References

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