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Queensland tick typhus

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Queensland tick typhus,
an infection caused by Rickettsia australis occurring in Australia, transmitted by ticks, and resembling mild Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Treatment includes the administration of chloramphenicol or tetracycline. Prevention depends on avoiding tick bites and on the prompt removal of attached ticks. Compare boutonneuse fever, North Asian tick-borne rickettsiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

Queensland tick typhus
a tickborne fever of humans, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia australis and transmitted by ixodid ticks. Dogs and cats may be unusual hosts.


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Queensland tick typhus (QTT) is caused by Rickettsia australis, an obligate intracellular organism that is transmitted to humans through the bite of 1 of 2 known tick vectors, Ixodes holocyclus or I.
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