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rickettsialpox

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rickettsialpox: see rickettsia rickettsia , any of a group of very small microorganisms, many disease-causing, that live in vertebrates and are transmitted by bloodsucking parasitic arthropods such as fleas, lice (see louse), and ticks.
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rickettsialpox [ri¦ket·sē·əl¦päks]
(medicine)
An acute febrile disease caused by the organismRickettsia akariand transmitted from the mouse to humans by the miteAllodermanyssus sanguineus;characterized by rash, a primary ulcer, and often swelling of glands.
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The clinical manifestations were those of a typical rickettsiosis: all patients had fever and myalgia; but the skin lesions, instead of a rash, were similar to those described for rickettsialpox.
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