rickettsialpox
/rɪˈkɛtsɪəlpɒks/Medicine
noun
A usually mild febrile disease with a rash resembling that of chickenpox, caused by the bacterium Rickettsia akari, which is transmitted from rodents to humans by the house mouse mite, Liponyssoides sanguineus.
Origin
1940s. From rickettsial + pox.
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