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立克次体
lì​kè​cì​tǐ

rickettsia

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立克次体 立克次體 lì​kè​cì​tǐ
rickettsia
A type of parasitic bacteria that lives inside host cells and is usually spread by lice or fleas; named after the American pathologist Howard T. Ricketts, these organisms can cause diseases like typhus.
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