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rickettsialpox
noun rick·ett·si·al·pox \ri-ˌket-sē-əl-ˈpäks\
Medical Definition of RICKETTSIALPOX
: a disease characterized by fever, chills, headache, backache, and a spotty rash and caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia (R. akari) transmitted to humans by the bite of a mite of the genus Allodermanyssus (A. sanguineus) living on rodents (as the house mouse)
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