The house mouse mite, Liponyssoides sanguineus, maintains a rickettsial zoonosis in its preferred house mouse (Mus musculus) reservoir and can transmit
rickettsialpox caused by Rickettsia akari through bites.
Scrub typhus and rickettsialpox present similarly temporally and clinically.
Although there are no vaccines for scrub typhus or rickettsialpox, weekly doses of 200 mg of doxycycline can prevent O.
Lastly, only the Asian and Eurasian Leptotrombidium species of trombiculid larvae (chiggers) can transmit scrub typhus in endemic regions of Asia, Eurasia, and the South Pacific, and only the house-mouse mite can transmit rickettsialpox in both urban and rural dwellings worldwide, including the southern US.
Patient 2 was a 32-year-old woman in whom rickettsialpox was diagnosed in July 2008.
Rickettsialpox is a benign, self-limiting disease that usually resolves within 14-21 days; no deaths from rickettsialpox have been reported.
Serologic evidence of
rickettsialpox (Rickettsia akari) infection among intravenous drug users in inner-city Baltimore, Maryland.
The first well-described clinical case of rickettsialpox was documented in New York City in 1946 (1).
We describe the clinical presentation of rickettsialpox in a 9-year-old boy from Nevpehir, located in the middle region of Turkey.
Rickettsialpox is caused by infection with Rickettsia akari.
Recently, cases of rickettsialpox have been reported in residents of the Ukraine (5) and Croatia (6).