Rickettsia rickettsii detection kits

Rickettsia rickettsii is an obligate intracellular alpha proteobacteria, that belongs to the Rickettsiacae family. R. ricketsii causes in humans the disease known as Rocky Mountain spotted fever. These bacteria are maintained in nature by transstadial passage within, and transovarial (vertical) transmission between generations of ixodid ticks. These ticks also vector R. rickettsii to and from various rodent reservoirs and other small mammals, like dogs.