What is "rickettsiosis"

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

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

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