Rickettsia honei explained

Rickettsia honei is a species of Rickettsia.^{[1] [2] [3]}

It can cause Flinders Island spotted fever.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Stenos J, Roux V, Walker D, Raoult D . Rickettsia honei sp. nov., the aetiological agent of Flinders Island spotted fever in Australia . Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. . 48 . 4. 1399–404 . October 1998 . 9828442 . 10.1099/00207713-48-4-1399 . free .
2. Unsworth NB, Stenos J, Graves SR, etal . Flinders Island spotted fever rickettsioses caused by "marmionii" strain of Rickettsia honei, Eastern Australia . Emerging Infect. Dis. . 13 . 4 . 566–73 . April 2007 . 17553271 . 2725950 . 10.3201/eid1304.050087 .
3. Xin D, El Karkouri K, Robert C, Raoult D, Fournier PE . Genomic comparison of Rickettsia honei strain RBT and other Rickettsia Species . J. Bacteriol. . 194 . 15 . 4145 . August 2012 . 22815457 . 3416548 . 10.1128/JB.00802-12 .
4. Web site: Flinders Island Spotted Fever fact sheet . 2023-03-15 . Tasmanian Department of Health . en.
5. Unsworth . Nathan B. . Stenos . John . McGregor . Alistair R. . Dyer . John R. . Graves . Stephen R. . Jun 2005 . Not only ‘Flinders Island’ spotted fever . Pathology . en . 37 . 3 . 242–245 . 10.1080/00313020500099247.