rickettsialpox love

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  • noun An illness caused by bacteria of the Rickettsia genus.

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  • noun mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble chickenpox

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