Scrub typhus also known as bush typhus, is an emerging infectious disease caused by a bacteria called Orientia tsutsugamushi
Q fever is caused by the intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii and is endemic in nearly every country in the world.
Obligate intracellular bacteria cannot be grown in artificial media (agar plates/broths) in laboratories but requires viable eukaryotic host cells.
Chlamydia trachomatis, is an obligate intracellular bacteria which causes pelvic inflammatory disease and other infections (e.g. eye).
Also known as Hansen’s disease, leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by an acid-fast bacillus, Mycobacterium leprae.
