rickettsemia

English

Etymology

rickettsia +‎ -emia

Noun

rickettsemia (plural rickettsemias)

1. (pathology) The presence of rickettsia bacteria in the blood
   • 2015 July 18, “Mutations in Ehrlichia chaffeensis Causing Polar Effects in Gene Expression and Differential Host Specificities”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Indeed, we tested this hypothesis recently by examining two of these mutant clones; Ech_0379 and Ech_0660, and the study suggested that the attenuated mutants are useful in reducing the rickettsemia when challenged with wild-type infections [19 ].

Related terms

• rickettsemic