Definition of "rickettsiosis" []

• Infection with or disease caused by rickettsiae. (noun)

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• "· A hemorragical syndrome indicates meningococcemia, or hemorragic fever, or in an endemic area, relapsing fever, rickettsiosis, dengue ..."
• "Given this, analysis of the survival strategies used by the bacterium within infected skin is critical for our understanding of rickettsiosis."