1. infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria; [syn: rickettsial disease, rickettsiosis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rickettsial disease
n 1: infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice
infected with rickettsial bacteria [syn: rickettsial
disease, rickettsiosis]