Neorickettsia

Neorickettsia /Neo·rick·ett·sia/ (ne?o-ri-ket´se-ah) a genus of rickettsiae (tribe Ehrlichieae), including a single species, N. helmin´thoeca. It is found in the salmon fluke (Troglotrema salmincola), a parasite of various fish, especially salmon and trout, and causes hemorrhagic enteritis in those ingesting raw infected fish.

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Neorickettsia

a genus in the family Anaplasmataceae, order Rickettsiales. Members parasitize intestinal epithelial cells, monocytes and macrophages and are transmitted by ingestion of infected metacercariae of trematodes.

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Neorickettsia helminthoeca

the cause of salmon poisoning in dogs.

Neorickettsia risticii

the cause of equine intestinal ehrlichiosis; equine monocytic ehrlichiosis. Previously Ehrlichia risticii.