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rickettsialpox|rɪˈkɛtsɪəlpɒks| Also rickettsial pox. [f. rickettsial a. + pox n.] A mild rickettsial disease transmitted by mites.
1946R. J. Huebner et al. in Public Health Rep. LXI. 1605 Because of a clinical resemblance to chickenpox and because the organism isolated from one patient has the morphological and cultural characteristics of rickettsiae, the name ‘rickettsialpox’ is proposed. 1955Sci. News Let. 11 June 373/2 New diseases, Q fever and rickettsialpox, have appeared and some old ones, polio, Coxsackie virus infections, and infectious hepatitis, or jaundice, have increased in the period covered by Dr. Dauer's report. 1970New Scientist 27 Aug. 407/2 Mice probably play a greater part than rats in the transmission of..rickettsial pox (which closely resembles chickenpox). |