Learning objectives

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

To know in detail about,

  • Characters of rickettsiales
  • Principal diseases, host and mode of transmission of rickettsial pathogens
  • Q-fever and Heart water in cattle
  • Weil-felix reaction
  • Stains used to identify the rickettsiales
  • Cultivation methods of rickettsiales
  • Antigens and toxins of rickettsiales
  • Pathogenesis of rickettsiales
  • General approaches used to diagnose Q-fever canine ehrlichiosis, Salmon poisoning and Heart water
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