Rickettsioses

Alternate Name:

Test:

Specific complement fixation test (+), ELISA test(+), Weil-Felix reaction (+), S.IgM (H), S.IgG (H late), ESR (N), WCC (N)

Sign:

Dd:

Typhus, measles, meningococcal infections, ma-laria, yellow fever

Phys:

Transmitted by ticks and other insects. TypeS in­clude scrub typhus, 0 fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, etc.