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Rickettsia prowazekii
Definition 1
A species of aerobic, Gram negative, rod and cocci shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is obligately intracellular, motile and transmitted to humans by the human body louse, Pediculus humanus corporis. R. prowazekii is a pathogen that causes epidemic typhus and Brill Zinsser disease. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Rickettsia prowazekii. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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