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| Sr.No | Disease / symptom | Disease agent | likely method of dissemination | Incubation period | Lethality | Vaccine Availability | Antimicrobial therapy | Antisera | |
| 1. | Epidemic Typhus | Rickettsia prowazekii | 1.
Aerosol 2.Infected vectors (P.humanus P.capitis) | 6-16 days | High | No | Effective. Chloramphenical, Tetracycline, | No | |
| 2. | Q - fever | Coxiella burnetii | 1.Aerosol 2.Sabotage(food supply) 3. Infected vectors (ixodid ticks) | 10-20days | very Low | Yes | Effective. Tetracycline, Erythromycin | No | |
| 3. | Rocky Mountain Fever | Rickettsia rickettsii | 1.Aerosol 2.Infected vectors D.andersoni D.variabilis | 3-10 days | High | No | Effective. Tetracycline, Chloramphenical | No | |
| 4. | Scrub Typhus | Rickettsia tsutsugamushi | 1.
Aerosol 2.Infected vectors L. deliense L. akamushi | Up to 16 days | Low | No | Effective. Chloramphenical, Tetracycline | No | |
Infectivity is high for all Rickettsial diseases.
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