Back وقس ريكتسي Arabic Rickettsien-Pocken German Rickettsiose vésiculeuse French Rickettsiosi vescicolare Italian Риккетсиоз KK Риккетсиоздор KY Varicela por rickettsia Portuguese Везикульозний рикетсіоз Ukrainian 立克次氏体痘 Chinese
| Rickettsialpox | |
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| Rickettsialpox lesion | |
| Specialty | Infectious disease |
| Prognosis | Resolves in 2-3 weeks without treatment |
Rickettsialpox is a mite-borne infectious illness caused by bacteria of the genus Rickettsia (Rickettsia akari).[1] Physician Robert Huebner and self-trained entomologist Charles Pomerantz played major roles in identifying the cause of the disease after an outbreak in 1946 in a New York City apartment complex, documented in "The Alerting of Mr. Pomerantz," an article by medical writer Berton Roueché.
Although it is not transmitted by a tick (a characteristic of spotted fever), the bacterium is a part of the spotted fever group of Rickettsia, and so this condition is often classified with that group.[2]
- ^ "Rickettsialpox" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- ^ Smith DS, Zhang E, Lopez FA, Go CH, Ake JA, Whitman TJ, Alam MJ, Mada PK (2019-07-10). Talavera F, Sanders CV, Brusch JL (eds.). "Rickettsialpox". EMedicine Infectious Diseases. WebMD LLC.