Rickettsia acne

Rickettsial pox is a chickenpox-like self-limiting infectious disease caused by a small Rickettsia akari. The transmission medium is mainly Alloder-manyssus sanguineus among gamasides. Clinically, it is characterized by fever, headache, back pain, and systemic pimples and blisters. Mainly popular in the United States and the former Soviet Union. It has also been discovered in China in recent years.

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