Table of Contents
119 relations: Abdomen, Acute respiratory distress syndrome, Alanine transaminase, Anorexia (symptom), Antibiotic, Antibody, Arthralgia, Aspartate transaminase, Atypical pneumonia, Axenic, Bacteria, Biological agent, Biosecurity, Bioterrorism, Blood compatibility testing, Brisbane, Brucellosis, Calling Dr. Kildare, Cat, Cattle, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chloramphenicol, Ciprofloxacin, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Confusion, Coxiella burnetii, CRC Press, CSL Limited, Dengue fever, Deseret Test Center, Diarrhea, Dog, Doxycycline, Dr. Kildare, Edward Holbrook Derrick, Elevated transaminases, Endemic (epidemiology), Endocarditis, Estrous cycle, Farmer, Feces, Feedlot, Fever, Fibrin ring granuloma, Francisella, Gammaproteobacteria, Goat, Goat farming, H. R. Cox, Headache, ... Expand index (69 more) »
- Rare infectious diseases
- Tick-borne diseases
- Zoonotic bacterial diseases
Abdomen
The abdomen (colloquially called the belly, tummy, midriff, tucky or stomach) is the part of the body between the thorax (chest) and pelvis, in humans and in other vertebrates.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a type of respiratory failure characterized by rapid onset of widespread inflammation in the lungs.
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Alanine transaminase
Alanine transaminase (ALT) is a transaminase enzyme.
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Anorexia (symptom)
Anorexia is a medical term for a loss of appetite.
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Antibiotic
An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria.
Antibody
An antibody (Ab) is the secreted form of a B cell receptor; the term immunoglobulin (Ig) can refer to either the membrane-bound form or the secreted form of the B cell receptor, but they are, broadly speaking, the same protein, and so the terms are often treated as synonymous.
Arthralgia
Arthralgia literally means 'joint pain'.
Aspartate transaminase
Aspartate transaminase (AST) or aspartate aminotransferase, also known as AspAT/ASAT/AAT or (serum) glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT, SGOT), is a pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)-dependent transaminase enzyme that was first described by Arthur Karmen and colleagues in 1954.
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Atypical pneumonia
Atypical pneumonia, also known as walking pneumonia, is any type of pneumonia not caused by one of the pathogens most commonly associated with the disease.
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Axenic
In biology, axenic describes the state of a culture in which only a single species, variety, or strain of organism is present and entirely free of all other contaminating organisms.
Bacteria
Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.
Biological agent
Biological weapons are pathogens used as weapons. Q fever and Biological agent are biological weapons.
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Biosecurity
Biosecurity refers to measures aimed at preventing the introduction and/or spread of harmful organisms (e.g. viruses, bacteria, plants, animals etc.) intentionally or unintentionally outside their native range and/or within new environments.
Bioterrorism
Bioterrorism is terrorism involving the intentional release or dissemination of biological agents. Q fever and Bioterrorism are biological weapons.
Blood compatibility testing
Blood compatibility testing is conducted in a medical laboratory to identify potential incompatibilities between blood group systems in blood transfusion.
See Q fever and Blood compatibility testing
Brisbane
Brisbane (Meanjin) is the capital of the state of Queensland and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million.
Brucellosis
Brucellosis is a zoonosis caused by ingestion of unpasteurized milk from infected animals, or close contact with their secretions. Q fever and Brucellosis are bacterium-related cutaneous conditions, biological weapons, Bovine diseases, sheep and goat diseases, zoonoses and zoonotic bacterial diseases.
Calling Dr. Kildare
Calling Dr.
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Cat
The cat (Felis catus), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal.
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Cattle
Cattle (Bos taurus) are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos. Mature female cattle are called cows and mature male cattle are bulls. Young female cattle are called heifers, young male cattle are oxen or bullocks, and castrated male cattle are known as steers.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States.
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Chloramphenicol
Chloramphenicol is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections.
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Ciprofloxacin
Ciprofloxacin is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections.
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Clinical Infectious Diseases is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Oxford University Press covering research on the pathogenesis, clinical investigation, medical microbiology, diagnosis, immune mechanisms, and treatment of diseases caused by infectious agents.
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Confusion
In medicine, confusion is the quality or state of being bewildered or unclear.
Coxiella burnetii
Coxiella burnetii is an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen, and is the causative agent of Q fever. Q fever and Coxiella burnetii are biological weapons.
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CRC Press
The CRC Press, LLC is an American publishing group that specializes in producing technical books.
CSL Limited
CSL Limited is an Australian multinational specialty biotechnology company that researches, develops, manufactures, and markets products to treat and prevent serious human medical conditions. CSL's product areas include blood plasma derivatives, vaccines, antivenom, and cell culture reagents used in various medical and genetic research and manufacturing applications.
Dengue fever
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease caused by dengue virus, prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas. Q fever and dengue fever are zoonoses.
Deseret Test Center
The Deseret Test Center was a U.S. Army operated command in charge for testing chemical and biological weapons during the 1960s.
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Diarrhea
Diarrhea (American English), also spelled diarrhoea or diarrhœa (British English), is the condition of having at least three loose, liquid, or watery bowel movements in a day.
Dog
The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf.
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Doxycycline
Doxycycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic of the tetracycline class used in the treatment of infections caused by bacteria and certain parasites.
Dr. Kildare
Dr.
Edward Holbrook Derrick
Edward Holbrook Derrick (1898–1976) was an Australian pathologist, best known for his role in identifying Q fever.
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Elevated transaminases
In medicine, the presence of elevated transaminases, commonly the transaminases alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST), may be an indicator of liver dysfunction.
See Q fever and Elevated transaminases
Endemic (epidemiology)
In epidemiology, an infection is said to be endemic in a specific population or populated place when that infection is constantly present, or maintained at a baseline level, without extra infections being brought into the group as a result of travel or similar means.
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Endocarditis
Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, the endocardium. Q fever and Endocarditis are rodent-carried diseases.
Estrous cycle
The estrous cycle (originally) is a set of recurring physiological changes induced by reproductive hormones in females of mammalian subclass Theria.
Farmer
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials.
Feces
Feces (or faeces;: faex) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.
Feedlot
A feedlot or feed yard is a type of animal feeding operation (AFO) which is used in intensive animal farming, notably beef cattle, but also swine, horses, sheep, turkeys, chickens or ducks, prior to slaughter.
Fever
Fever or pyrexia in humans is a body temperature above the normal range due to an increase in the body's temperature set point in the hypothalamus.
Fibrin ring granuloma
A fibrin ring granuloma, also known as doughnut granuloma, is a histopathological finding that is characteristic of Q fever.
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Francisella
Francisella is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria.
Gammaproteobacteria
Gammaproteobacteria is a class of bacteria in the phylum Pseudomonadota (synonym Proteobacteria).
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Goat
The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a species of domesticated goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock.
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Goat farming
Goat farming involves the raising and breeding of domestic goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) as a branch of animal husbandry.
H. R. Cox
Herald Rea Cox (1907–1986) was an American bacteriologist.
Headache
Headache, also known as cephalalgia, is the symptom of pain in the face, head, or neck.
Hepatitis
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver tissue.
Hepatomegaly
Hepatomegaly is enlargement of the liver.
Hydroxychloroquine
Hydroxychloroquine, sold under the brand name Plaquenil among others, is a medication used to prevent and treat malaria in areas where malaria remains sensitive to chloroquine. Other uses include treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and porphyria cutanea tarda. It is taken by mouth, often in the form of hydroxychloroquine sulfate.
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Immunohistochemistry
Immunohistochemistry is a form of immunostaining.
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Incubation period
Incubation period (also known as the latent period or latency period) is the time elapsed between exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical, or radiation, and when symptoms and signs are first apparent.
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Inflammation
Inflammation (from inflammatio) is part of the biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants.
Influenza
Influenza, commonly known as "the flu" or just "flu", is an infectious disease caused by influenza viruses. Q fever and influenza are zoonoses.
Influenza-like illness
Influenza-like illness (ILI), also known as flu-like syndrome or flu-like symptoms, is a medical diagnosis of possible influenza or other illness causing a set of common symptoms.
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Inhalation
Inhalation (or inspiration) happens when air or other gases enter the lungs.
Intracellular parasite
Intracellular parasites are microparasites that are capable of growing and reproducing inside the cells of a host.
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Jaundice
Jaundice, also known as icterus, is a yellowish or greenish pigmentation of the skin and sclera due to high bilirubin levels.
Kangaroo
Kangaroos are marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot").
Legionella
Legionella is a genus of pathogenic gram-negative bacteria that includes the species L. pneumophila, causing legionellosis (all illnesses caused by Legionella) including a pneumonia-type illness called Legionnaires' disease and a mild flu-like illness called Pontiac fever. Q fever and legionella are bacterial diseases.
Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis is a blood infection caused by the bacteria Leptospira that can infect humans, dogs, rodents and many other wild and domesticated animals. Q fever and Leptospirosis are bacterium-related cutaneous conditions, Bovine diseases, rodent-carried diseases, sheep and goat diseases, zoonoses and zoonotic bacterial diseases.
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blyth; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director.
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List of domesticated animals
This page gives a list of domesticated animals, also including a list of animals which are or may be currently undergoing the process of domestication and animals that have an extensive relationship with humans beyond simple predation.
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Liver biopsy
Liver biopsy is the biopsy (removal of a small sample of tissue) from the liver.
Livestock
Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting in order to provide labour and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.
Macfarlane Burnet
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet (3 September 1899 – 31 August 1985), usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet, was an Australian virologist known for his contributions to immunology.
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Malaise
In medicine, malaise is a feeling of general discomfort, uneasiness or lack of wellbeing and often the first sign of an infection or other disease.
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates.
Medical Journal of Australia
The Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) is a peer-reviewed medical journal published 22 times a year.
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MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus is an online information service produced by the United States National Library of Medicine.
Meningitis
Meningitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, collectively called the meninges.
Metritis
Metritis is inflammation of the wall of the uterus, whereas endometritis is inflammation of the functional lining of the uterus, called the endometrium.
Microbiologist
A microbiologist (from Greek μῑκρος) is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes.
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Milk
Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals.
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Monoclonal antibody
A monoclonal antibody (mAb, more rarely called moAb) is an antibody produced from a cell lineage made by cloning a unique white blood cell.
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Montana
Montana is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
Myalgia
Myalgia or muscle pain is a painful sensation evolving from muscle tissue.
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disabling chronic illness.
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Nausea
Nausea is a diffuse sensation of unease and discomfort, sometimes perceived as an urge to vomit.
Ofloxacin
Ofloxacin is a quinolone antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections.
Operation Whitecoat
Operation Whitecoat was a biodefense medical research program carried out by the United States Army at Fort Detrick, Maryland between 1954 and 1973.
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Pathogen
In biology, a pathogen (πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and -γενής, "producer of"), in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease.
Paul Fiset
Paul Fiset (English pronunciation: Fih-ZAY; November 7, 1922 – February 27, 2001) was a Canadian-American microbiologist and virologist.
Perspiration
Perspiration, also known as sweat, is the fluid secreted by sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
Pine Bluff Arsenal
The Pine Bluff Arsenal is a United States Army installation in Jefferson County, Arkansas, about eight miles northwest of Pine Bluff and thirty miles southeast of Little Rock.
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Pleurisy
Pleurisy, also known as pleuritis, is inflammation of the membranes that surround the lungs and line the chest cavity (pleurae).
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli.
Post-acute infection syndrome
Post-acute infection syndromes (PAISs) or post-infectious syndromes are medical conditions characterized by symptoms attributed to a prior infection.
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Post-exertional malaise
Post-exertional malaise (PEM), sometimes referred to as post-exertional symptom exacerbation (PESE) or post-exertional neuroimmune exhaustion (PENE), is a worsening of symptoms that occurs after minimal exertion.
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Project 112
Project 112 was a biological and chemical weapon experimentation project conducted by the United States Department of Defense from 1962 to 1973.
Project SHAD
Project SHAD, an acronym for Shipboard Hazard and Defense, was part of a larger effort called Project 112, which was conducted during the 1960s.
Queensland
Queensland (commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states.
Quinolone antibiotic
Quinolone antibiotics constitute a large group of broad-spectrum bacteriocidals that share a bicyclic core structure related to the substance 4-quinolone.
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Retinal vasculitis
Retinal vasculitis is inflammation of the vascular branches of the retinal artery, caused either by primary ocular disease processes, or as a specific presentation of any systemic form of vasculitis such as Behçet's disease, sarcoidosis, multiple sclerosis, or any form of systemic necrotizing vasculitis such as temporal arteritis, polyarteritis nodosa, and granulomatosis with polyangiitis, or due to lupus erythematosus, or rheumatoid arthritis.
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Rickettsia
Rickettsia is a genus of nonmotile, gram-negative, nonspore-forming, highly pleomorphic bacteria that may occur in the forms of cocci (0.1 μm in diameter), bacilli (1–4 μm long), or threads (up to about 10 μm long).
Ruminant
Ruminants are herbivorous grazing or browsing artiodactyls belonging to the suborder Ruminantia that are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it in a specialized stomach prior to digestion, principally through microbial actions.
Semen
Semen, also known as seminal fluid, is a bodily fluid that contains spermatozoa.
Serology
Serology is the scientific study of serum and other body fluids.
Sheep
Sheep (sheep) or domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock.
Sheep shearer
A sheep shearer is a worker who uses (hand-powered)-blade or machine shears to remove wool from domestic sheep during crutching or shearing.
Signs and symptoms
Signs and symptoms are the observed or detectable signs, and experienced symptoms of an illness, injury, or condition.
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Slaughterhouse
In livestock agriculture and the meat industry, a slaughterhouse, also called an abattoir, is a facility where livestock animals are slaughtered to provide food.
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Tanning (leather)
Tanning, or hide tanning, is the process of treating skins and hides of animals to produce leather.
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Tetracycline
Tetracycline, sold under various brand names, is an oral antibiotic in the tetracyclines family of medications, used to treat a number of infections, including acne, cholera, brucellosis, plague, malaria, and syphilis.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Tick
Ticks are parasitic arachnids of the order Ixodida.
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Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, sold under the brand name Bactrim among others, is a fixed-dose combination antibiotic medication used to treat a variety of bacterial infections.
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University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne (also colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia.
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University of Melbourne Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences
The Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences (FVAS) was a faculty of the University of Melbourne until it was disestablished on 1 January 2023.
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Urine
Urine is a liquid by-product of metabolism in humans and in many other animals.
Vaccine
A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious or malignant disease.
Vaginal epithelium
The vaginal epithelium is the inner lining of the vagina consisting of multiple layers of (squamous) cells.
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Veterinary medicine
Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in non-human animals.
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Viral hepatitis
Viral hepatitis is liver inflammation due to a viral infection.
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Virology
Virology is the scientific study of biological viruses.
Zoonosis
A zoonosis (plural zoonoses) or zoonotic disease is an infectious disease of humans caused by a pathogen (an infectious agent, such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion) that can jump from a non-human (usually a vertebrate) to a human and vice versa. Q fever and zoonosis are zoonoses.
See also
Rare infectious diseases
- Acanthamoeba keratitis
- Auto-brewery syndrome
- Balamuthia mandrillaris
- Baylisascaris
- Borealpox virus
- Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance System
- Cysticercosis
- Dioctophyme renale
- Dracunculiasis
- Emmonsiosis
- Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome
- Garre's sclerosing osteomyelitis
- Gongylonema pulchrum
- Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis
- Halicephalobus gingivalis
- Human granulocytic anaplasmosis
- Human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis
- Kuru (disease)
- Laryngeal papillomatosis
- Lemierre's syndrome
- Lomentospora prolificans
- Malakoplakia
- Mucormycosis
- Naegleriasis
- Nocardiosis
- Parechovirus B
- Postvaccinal encephalitis
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
- Progressive rubella panencephalitis
- Progressive vaccinia
- Pseudallescheria boydii
- Pythiosis
- Q fever
- Rat-bite fever
- Real-time quaking-induced conversion
- Scarlet fever
- Schizophyllum commune
- Sealpox
- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
- Trichodysplasia spinulosa
- Whipple's disease
Tick-borne diseases
- Alkhurma virus
- Anaplasmosis
- Babesia
- Babesia canis
- Babesiosis
- Baggio–Yoshinari syndrome
- Bhanja virus
- Bourbon virus
- Boutonneuse fever
- Colorado tick fever
- Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever
- Ehrlichia Wisconsin HM543746
- Ehrlichia ruminantium
- Ehrlichiosis
- Ehrlichiosis ewingii infection
- Eyach virus
- Heartland bandavirus
- Human granulocytic anaplasmosis
- Human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis
- Kyasanur Forest disease
- Lyme disease
- Neoehrlichiosis
- North Asian tick typhus
- Pacific Coast tick fever
- Powassan encephalitis
- Powassan virus
- Q fever
- Queensland tick typhus
- Relapsing fever
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Scrub typhus
- Southern tick-associated rash illness
- Spotted fever
- Spotted fever rickettsiosis
- Tibovirus
- Tick infestation
- Tick paralysis
- Tick-borne disease
- Tick-borne encephalitis
- Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
- Tularemia
Zoonotic bacterial diseases
- Anaplasmosis
- Anthrax
- Brucellosis
- Bubonic plague
- Cat-scratch disease
- Chlamydia abortus
- Erysipeloid
- Glanders
- Leptospirosis
- Listeriosis
- Neoehrlichiosis
- Pasteurellosis
- Plague (disease)
- Pneumonic plague
- Psittacosis
- Q fever
- Rat-bite fever
- SARS
- Salmonellosis
- Septicemic plague
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome
- Sodoku
- Streptococcosis
- Tularemia
- Vietnamese tuberculosis
References
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