| Species
|
Disease
|
Vector
|
Distribution
|
| Typhus Group
|
| R. prowazekii |
epidemic typhus |
body louse |
|
| R. typhi |
murine/endemic typhus |
rat/cat fleas |
|
| Spotted Fever Group
|
| R. rickettsii
|
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF)
|
Dermacentor variabilis ticks |
eastern, central, and Pacific coast of US
|
| Dermacentor andersoni ticks |
western US
|
| Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks |
Mexico and southern US
|
| Amblyomma cajennense ticks |
Central and South America
|
| R. parkeri
|
American tick-borne fever
|
Amblyommma maculatum ticks |
southern US
|
| Amblyomma triste ticks |
Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina
|
| R. conorrii |
Mediterranean spotted fever |
Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks |
|
| R. japonica |
Oriental spotter fever |
|
|
| R. heilongiangensis |
Far Eastern spotted fever |
|
eastern Russia, Thailand, and China
|
| R. africae |
African tick bite fever |
Amblyomma ticks |
|
| R. slovaca |
tick-borne lymphadenopathy (TIBOLA) |
Dermacentor marginatus ticks |
|
| Transitional Group
|
| R. akari |
rickettsialpox |
Liponyssoides sanguineus house mouse mites |
|
| R. australis |
North Queensland tick typhus |
|
|
| R. felis |
flea-borne spotted fever |
|
|
| Ancestral Group
|
| Rickettsia bellii |
|
|
|
| Rickettsia canadensis |
|
|
|
| Other Rickettsiae
|
| Orientia tsutsugamushi |
scrub typhus |
chiggers |
|
| Ehrlichia species |
human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis |
Amblyomma americanum and other ticks |
|
| Anaplasma species |
human granulocytic anaplasmosis |
Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus ticks |
|
| Neorickettsia |
|
helminths |
|
| Wolbachia |
|
helminths and arthropods |
|
