Queensland tick typhus | |
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Classification and external resources | |
Specialty | Infectious disease |
ICD-10 | A77.3 |
ICD-9-CM | 082.3 |
DiseasesDB | 33840 |
Queensland tick typhus (or Australian tick typhus or (Rickettsial) spotted fever) is a condition caused by a bacterium Rickettsia australis.
It is transmitted by Ixodes holocyclus and Ixodes tasmani.