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Rickettsialpox: Title and subTitle BreakCase Report and Epidemiologic Review FREE

Brian Wong, MD; Carol Singer, MD; Donald Armstrong, MD; Stephen J. Millian, PhD
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JAMA. 1979;242(18):1998-1999. doi:10.1001/jama.1979.03300180042031
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In recent years, rickettsialpox was infrequently reported: one case per year was recorded by the Public Health Service during the past 15 years. We observed a case of rickettsialpox in New York City and reviewed the clinical, diagnostic, and epidemiologic features. Records of the New York City Health Department showed that serum samples from only six patients were submitted for serological testing for rickettsialpox during the past ten years, suggesting that although the disease is uncommon now, clinicians may be failing to recognize and diagnose rickettsialpox, as it may occur more frequently than is presently recognized.

(JAMA 242:1998-1999, 1979)

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Huebner RJ, Stamps P, Armstrong C:  Rickettsialpox: A newly recognized rickettsial disease: I. Isolation of the etiological agent . Public Health Rep 61:1605-1614, 1946;.
Huebner RJ, Jellison WL, Pomerantz C:  Rickettsialpox: A newly recognized rickettsial disease: IV. Isolation of a rickettsia apparently identical with the causative agent of rickettsialpox from Allodermanyssus sanguineus, a rodent mite . Public Health Rep 61:1677-1682, 1946;.
Huebner RJ, Jellison WL, Armstrong C:  Rickettsialpox: A newly recognized rickettsial disease: V. Recovery of Rickettsia akari from a house mouse (Mus musculus) . Public Health Rep 62:777-780, 1947;.
Greenberg M, Pellitteri O, Klein IF, et al:  Rickettsialpox—A newly recognized rickettsial disease: II. Clinical observations . JAMA 133:901-906, 1947;.
Greenberg M, Pellitteri OJ, Jellison WL:  Rickettsialpox: A newly recognized rickettsial disease: III. Epidemiology . Am J Public Health 37:860-868, 1947;.
Elisberg BL, Bozeman FM:  Rickettsiae , in Lennette EH, Schmidt NJ (eds): Diagnostic Procedures for Viral and Rickettsial Infections . New York, American Public Health Association Inc, 1969;, pp 826-868.
Rose HM:  The clinical manifestations and laboratory diagnosis of rickettsialpox . Ann Intern Med 31:871-883, 1949;.
Smadel JE:  Status of the rickettsioses in the United States . Ann Intern Med 51:421-435, 1959;.
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Huebner RJ, Stamps P, Armstrong C:  Rickettsialpox: A newly recognized rickettsial disease: I. Isolation of the etiological agent . Public Health Rep 61:1605-1614, 1946;.
Huebner RJ, Jellison WL, Pomerantz C:  Rickettsialpox: A newly recognized rickettsial disease: IV. Isolation of a rickettsia apparently identical with the causative agent of rickettsialpox from Allodermanyssus sanguineus, a rodent mite . Public Health Rep 61:1677-1682, 1946;.
Huebner RJ, Jellison WL, Armstrong C:  Rickettsialpox: A newly recognized rickettsial disease: V. Recovery of Rickettsia akari from a house mouse (Mus musculus) . Public Health Rep 62:777-780, 1947;.
Greenberg M, Pellitteri O, Klein IF, et al:  Rickettsialpox—A newly recognized rickettsial disease: II. Clinical observations . JAMA 133:901-906, 1947;.
Greenberg M, Pellitteri OJ, Jellison WL:  Rickettsialpox: A newly recognized rickettsial disease: III. Epidemiology . Am J Public Health 37:860-868, 1947;.
Elisberg BL, Bozeman FM:  Rickettsiae , in Lennette EH, Schmidt NJ (eds): Diagnostic Procedures for Viral and Rickettsial Infections . New York, American Public Health Association Inc, 1969;, pp 826-868.
Rose HM:  The clinical manifestations and laboratory diagnosis of rickettsialpox . Ann Intern Med 31:871-883, 1949;.
Smadel JE:  Status of the rickettsioses in the United States . Ann Intern Med 51:421-435, 1959;.
Lackman DB:  A review of information on rickettsialpox in the United States . Clin Pediatr 2:296-301, 1963;.
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