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Rickettsialpox is an illness caused by bacteria of the Rickettsia genus (Rickettsia akari). Physician Robert Huebner and self-trained entomologist Charles Pomerantz played major roles in identifying the etiology of the disease after an outbreak in 1946 in a New York City apartment complex, documented in medical writer Berton Roueché's short story, "The Alerting of Mr. Pomerantz."

Although it is not transmitted by a tick (a characteristic of spotted fever), the bacteria is a part of the spotted fever group of Rickettsia, and so this condition is often classified with that group.

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Infectious diseases * Bacterial diseases: Proteobacterial G- (primarily A00 �A79, 001 �041, 080 �109)

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Infectious diseases * Bacterial diseases: Proteobacterial G- (primarily A00 �A79, 001 �041, 080 �109)

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Infectious diseases * Bacterial diseases: Proteobacterial G- (primarily A00 �A79, 001 �041, 080 �109)

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Infectious diseases * Bacterial diseases: Proteobacterial G- (primarily A00 �A79, 001 �041, 080 �109)

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subgroup |groupstyle=background-color: PowderBlue |Rickettsiales |
Spotted
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Tick-borneRickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever) * Rickettsia conorii (Boutonneuse fever) * Rickettsia japonica (Japanese spotted fever) * Rickettsia sibirica (North Asian tick typhus) * Rickettsia australis (Queensland tick typhus) * Rickettsia honei (Flinders Island spotted fever) * Rickettsia africae (African tick bite fever) * Rickettsia parkeri (American tick bite fever) * Rickettsia aeschlimannii (Rickettsia aeschlimannii infection)
Mite-borneRickettsia akari (Rickettsialpox) * Orientia tsutsugamushi (Scrub typhus)
Flea-borneRickettsia felis (Flea-borne spotted fever)

Infectious diseases * Bacterial diseases: Proteobacterial G- (primarily A00 �A79, 001 �041, 080 �109)

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subgroup |groupstyle=background-color: PowderBlue |Rickettsiales |
Spotted
fever
Tick-borneRickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever) * Rickettsia conorii (Boutonneuse fever) * Rickettsia japonica (Japanese spotted fever) * Rickettsia sibirica (North Asian tick typhus) * Rickettsia australis (Queensland tick typhus) * Rickettsia honei (Flinders Island spotted fever) * Rickettsia africae (African tick bite fever) * Rickettsia parkeri (American tick bite fever) * Rickettsia aeschlimannii (Rickettsia aeschlimannii infection)
Mite-borneRickettsia akari (Rickettsialpox) * Orientia tsutsugamushi (Scrub typhus)
Flea-borneRickettsia felis (Flea-borne spotted fever)
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subgroup |groupstyle=background-color: PowderBlue |Rickettsiales |
Spotted
fever
Tick-borneRickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever) * Rickettsia conorii (Boutonneuse fever) * Rickettsia japonica (Japanese spotted fever) * Rickettsia sibirica (North Asian tick typhus) * Rickettsia australis (Queensland tick typhus) * Rickettsia honei (Flinders Island spotted fever) * Rickettsia africae (African tick bite fever) * Rickettsia parkeri (American tick bite fever) * Rickettsia aeschlimannii (Rickettsia aeschlimannii infection)
Mite-borneRickettsia akari (Rickettsialpox) * Orientia tsutsugamushi (Scrub typhus)
Flea-borneRickettsia felis (Flea-borne spotted fever)

Infectious diseases * Bacterial diseases: Proteobacterial G- (primarily A00 �A79, 001 �041, 080 �109)

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subgroup |groupstyle=background-color: PowderBlue |Rickettsiales |
Spotted
fever
Tick-borneRickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever) * Rickettsia conorii (Boutonneuse fever) * Rickettsia japonica (Japanese spotted fever) * Rickettsia sibirica (North Asian tick typhus) * Rickettsia australis (Queensland tick typhus) * Rickettsia honei (Flinders Island spotted fever) * Rickettsia africae (African tick bite fever) * Rickettsia parkeri (American tick bite fever) * Rickettsia aeschlimannii (Rickettsia aeschlimannii infection)
Mite-borneRickettsia akari (Rickettsialpox) * Orientia tsutsugamushi (Scrub typhus)
Flea-borneRickettsia felis (Flea-borne spotted fever)
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subgroup |groupstyle=background-color: PowderBlue |Rickettsiales |
Spotted
fever
Tick-borneRickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever) * Rickettsia conorii (Boutonneuse fever) * Rickettsia japonica (Japanese spotted fever) * Rickettsia sibirica (North Asian tick typhus) * Rickettsia australis (Queensland tick typhus) * Rickettsia honei (Flinders Island spotted fever) * Rickettsia africae (African tick bite fever) * Rickettsia parkeri (American tick bite fever) * Rickettsia aeschlimannii (Rickettsia aeschlimannii infection)
Mite-borneRickettsia akari (Rickettsialpox) * Orientia tsutsugamushi (Scrub typhus)
Flea-borneRickettsia felis (Flea-borne spotted fever)
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subgroup |groupstyle=background-color: PowderBlue |Rickettsiales |
Spotted
fever
Tick-borneRickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever) * Rickettsia conorii (Boutonneuse fever) * Rickettsia japonica (Japanese spotted fever) * Rickettsia sibirica (North Asian tick typhus) * Rickettsia australis (Queensland tick typhus) * Rickettsia honei (Flinders Island spotted fever) * Rickettsia africae (African tick bite fever) * Rickettsia parkeri (American tick bite fever) * Rickettsia aeschlimannii (Rickettsia aeschlimannii infection)
Mite-borneRickettsia akari (Rickettsialpox) * Orientia tsutsugamushi (Scrub typhus)
Flea-borneRickettsia felis (Flea-borne spotted fever)
Lac-
H2S+Salmonella enterica (Typhoid fever, Paratyphoid fever, Salmonellosis)
H2S-Shigella dysenteriae/sonnei/flexneri/boydii (Shigellosis, Bacillary dysentery) * Proteus mirabilis/Proteus vulgaris * Yersinia pestis (Plague/Bubonic plague) * Yersinia enterocolitica * Yersinia pseudotuberculosis



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