An organism intermediate in size and complexity between a virus and a bacterium, and which is parasitic within the cells of insects and ticks. Included here are all the chlamydias, also called 'PLT' for psittacosis-lymphogranuloma venereum-trachoma.
(Slot-Value-Type Rickettsia-Or-Chlamydia Cause-Of Pathologic-Function) (=> (Rickettsia-Or-Chlamydia ?Self) (And (Exists (?A) (And (Parasitic ?Self ?A) (Cell ?A) (Exists (?B) (And (Prime-Component-Of ?A ?B) (Or (Insect ?B) (Tick ?B)))))) (Exists (?C) (And (Reference-Location-Of ?Self ?C) (Biologically-Active-Substance ?C)))))