THE CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF RICKETTSIALPOX
Authors: H M ROSE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Article1 November 1949THE CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF RICKETTSIALPOXHARRY M. ROSE, M.D.HARRY M. ROSE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-5-871 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRickettsialpox, the newest member of the human rickettsioses, was first observed in 19461, 2and thus far has been confined exclusively to the metropolitan area of New York City. The etiological agent was identified by Huebner and his associates3asRickettsia akari, a new species which is serologically related to the spotted fever group of rickettsiae. The disease is apparently transmitted to man by a blood-sucking mite,Allodermanyssus sanguineus, an arthropod parasite of rodents.4Rickettsia akarihas been isolated from pools of these mites collected in dwellings where cases of rickettsialpox have recently occurred. The tropical rat mite,Liponyssus bacoti,...Bibliography1. SUSSMAN LN: Kew Gardens' spotted fever, New York Med., 1946, ii, 27-28. Google Scholar2. SHANKMAN B: Report on an outbreak of endemic febrile illness, not yet identified, occurring in New York City, New York State Jr. Med., 1946, xlvi, 2156-2159. Google Scholar3. HUEBNERSTAMPSARMSTRONG RJPC: Rickettsialpox—a newly recognized rickettsial disease. I. Isolation of the etiological agent, Pub. Health Rep., 1946, lxi, 1605-1614. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. HUEBNERJELLISONPOMERANTZ RJWLC: Rickettsialpox—a newly recognized rickettsial disease. IV. 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