Table 1. Geographical distribution and arthropod vectors of Rickettsia and Orientia species causing CNS infections.
| Species (type strain) | Disease | Vector | Distribution | Genome sequence accession number* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. africae (ESF-5) | ATBF | Amblyomma and Rhipicephalus ticks | Sub-Saharan Africa, West Indies | NC_012633 |
| R. akari (Hartford) | Rickettsialpox | L. sanguineus mites | North America, Asia, Europe | NC_009881 |
| R. australis (Cutlack) | QTT | Ixodes ticks | Australia | NC_017058 |
| R. conorii (Malish 7) | MSF | Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks | Europe, North Africa, Asia | NC_003103 |
| Rickettsia felis (Marseille-URRWFXCal2) | Flea-borne rickettsiosis | Mostly C. felis | Worldwide | NC_007109.1 |
| Rickettsia helvetica (C9P9) | Unnamed rickettsiosis | Ixodes sp. | Europe, Asia, North Africa | NZ_CM001467 |
| Rickettsia japonica (YH) | Japanese/Oriental spotted fever | Haemaphysalis ticks | Asia | NC_016050 |
| Rickettsia raoultii (Khabarovsk) | TIBOLA | Dermacentor and Ixodes ticks | Europe | NZ_CP010969 |
| Rickettsia rickettsii (Sheila Smith) | RMSF | Mostly Dermacentor ticks | North and Central America | NC_009882 |
| Rickettsia slovaca (13-B) | TIBOLA | Dermacentor ticks | Europe, Asia | NC_016639 |
| R. prowazekii (Madrid E) | Epidemic typhus | Pediculus humanus humanus lice | Africa, Russia, South America | NC_000963 |
| R. typhi (Wilmington) | Murine/endemic typhus | X. cheopis fleas | Worldwide | NC_006142 |
| O. tsutsugamushi (Ikeda) | Scrub typhus | Leptotrombidium mites | Asia | NC_010793 |
*All genomes were imported from GenBank (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/)
Abbreviations: ATBF, African tick bite fever; CNS, central nervous system; MSF, Mediterranean spotted fever; QTT, Queensland tick typhus; RMSF, Rocky Mountain spotted fever; TIBOLA, tick-borne lymphadenopathy