Rickettsia sibirica is a species of Rickettsia.

[1] This bacterium is the etiologic agent of North Asian tick typhus, which is also known as Siberian tick typhus.

[2] The ticks that transmit it are primarily various species of Dermacentor and Haemaphysalis.

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