Contagious: Rickettsia
| About contagion: Contagion and contagiousness refers to how easily the spread of Rickettsia is possible from one person to another. Other words for contagion include "infection", "infectiousness", "transmission" or "transmissability". Contagiousness has nothing to do with genetics or inheriting diseases from parents. For an overview of contagion, see Introduction to Contagion. |
Contagion summary: Mostly transmitted by bites from ticks, lice or fleas.
Contagiousness properties of Rickettsia:
Contagious from insect bite (or exposure)?: Yes
Contagious from lice?: Yes
Contagious from fleas?: Yes
Contagious from ticks?: Yes
Last revision: June 13, 2003
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