Sentences with phrase «rickettsial pathogens»
Evidence suggests that dinosaurs could have been infected with Rickettsial pathogens.
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The Special Pathogens Branch, part of The Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, deals with some of the really nasty stuff - diseases like Ebola, Rift Valley fever, and Lassa fever (and before you ask, a Rickettsial disease is one caused by any Rickettsia bacteria, which are carried by parasites such as ticks, fleas and lice, and cause diseases such as typhus).
Our hero, Dr. Nathaniel (Nate) McCormick, describes himself as «an officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... part of the Special Pathogens Branch, which is in the Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases».
Evidence of true infection with any erythrocyte - borne pathogen or rickettsial disease based upon blood smear, culture, convalescent IFA, or PCR