Rickettsia ruminantium

Rickettsia ruminantium Rickettsia tsutsugamushi Rickettsia typhi Rickettsial Pox Rift Valley Fever Rinderpest Ring Rot of Potatoes Ringbakteriose Kartoffel Riogen... 

Heartwater is a noncontagious disease caused by Rickettsia ruminantium and the organism is transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyomma. In east and central Africa A. variegatum is the principal vector, while in South Africa it is A. hebraeum. The disease occurs in subclinical form in at least two species of antelope which probably serve as reservoirs of the organism. A larval tick once infected will retain... 

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