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Answer for the clue "Infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria ", 13 letters:
rickettsiosis

Word definitions for rickettsiosis in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) any severe infectious disease caused by several different bacteria of the order ''Rickettsiales'' and transmitted by parasitic arthropods

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria [syn: rickettsial disease ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A rickettsiosis is a disease caused by intracellular bacteria. It has been predicted that global warming may lead to greater incidence.