Species Rickettsia helvetica
Name: Rickettsia helvetica Beati et al. 1993
Etymology: hel.ve’ti.ca. N.L. fem. adj. helvetica, of or belonging to the Helvetians or to Helvetia, the neo-Latin name of Switzerland where the organism was originally isolated
Type strain: ATCC VR-1375; C3
Valid publication:
Beati L, Peter O, Burgdorfer W, Aeschlimann A, Raoult D. Confirmation that Rickettsia helvetica sp. nov. is a distinct species of the spotted fever group of rickettsiae. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:521-526. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:866.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z".
- 🎓 Name mentioned 268 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Rickettsia da Rocha-Lima 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Beati L, Peter O, Burgdorfer W, Aeschlimann A, Raoult D. Confirmation that Rickettsia helvetica sp. nov. is a distinct species of the spotted fever group of rickettsiae. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:521-526.
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Record number: 784790
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