Domain Bacteria Class Alphaproteobacteria Order Rickettsiales Rank Species | Phylum Proteobacteria Subclass Rickettsidae Family Rickettsiaceae | |
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Similar Rickettsia africae, Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia akari, Rickettsia helvetica, Rickettsiaceae | ||
Rickettsia sibirica is a species of Rickettsia. This bacterium is the etiologic agent of North Asian tick typhus, which is also known as Siberian tick typhus. The ticks that transmit it are primarily various species of Dermacentor and Haemaphysalis.
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