A Review of Information on Rickettsialpox in the United States

Roueché, B. : The alerting of Mr. Pomerantz. New Yorker, Aug. 30, 28, 1947.

Huebner, R.J. , Stamps, P. and Armstrong, A. : Rickettsialpox—a newly recognized rickettsial disease. I. Isolation of the etiological agent. Public Health Rep. 61: 1605-1614, Nov. 8, 1946.

Huebner, R.J. , Jellison, W.L. and 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, Nov. 22, 1946.

Huebner, R.J. , Jellison, W.L. and 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, May 30, 1947.

Greenberg, N. , Pellitteri, O.J. and Jellison, W.L. : Rickettsialpox—a newly recognized rickettsial disease. III. Epidemiology. Am. J. Pub. Health 37: 860-868, 1947.

U. S. Dept. H. E. W.: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Oct. 31, 1962, 27.

Greenberg, M. , Pellitteri, O.J. , Klein, I.F. and Huebner, R.J. : Rickettsialpox—a newly recognized rickettsial disease. II. Clinical observations. J. A. M. A. 133: 901, 906, 1947.

Rose, H.M. : The clinical manifestations and laboratory diagnosis of rickettsialpox. Ann. Inter. Med. 31: 871-883, 1949.

Zdrodovskii, P.F. and Golinevich , E.H. : The Rickettsial Diseases . New York, Pergamon Press, 1960. Chapter 7, Vesicular and varioliform rickettsioses (rickettsialpox).

Barker, L.P. : Rickettsialpox—clinical and laboratory study of twelve hospitalized cases. J. A. M. A. 141: 1119-1123, 1949 .

Drobinskiy, I.R. : Rickettsialpox: Clinical Manifestations and Diagnostic. Rickenev, Shteentza, Publication of the Academy of Science of the Moedavian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1962. Moscow, U. S. S. R., 1962. (In Russian.)

Shankman, B. : A new rickettsial illness occurring in New York City. Supplementary report. New York J. Med. 47: 3-6, April, 1947.

Smadel, J.E. : Bull. N. Y. Acad. Med. 39: 1963 (in press).

Huebner, R. J. et al., unpublished data.

Pratt, H.D. , Lane, J.E. and Harmston, F.C. : New locality records for Allodermanyssus sanguineus, vector of rickettsialpox. J. Econ. Entom. 42: 414-415, 1949.

Philip, C.B. and Hughes, L.E. : The tropical rat mite, Liponyssus bacoti, as an experimental vector of rickettsialpox. Am. J. Trop. Med. 28: 697-705, 1948.

Weyer, F. : The behaviour of Rickettsia akari in the body louse after artificial infection . Am. J. Trop. Med. 1: 809-820, 1952.

Nichols, E. , Rindge, M.E. and Russel, G.G. : Relationship of habits of house mouse and mouse mite (Allodermanyssus sanguineus) to spread of rickettsialpox. Ann. Intern. Med. 39: 92-102, 1953.

Sleisenger, W.H. , Murray, E.S. and Cohen, S. : Rickettsialpox case due to laboratory infection . Public Health Rep. 66: 311-316, March 8, 1951.

Sulkin, S.E. : Laboratory-acquired infections. Bact. Rev. 25: 203-209, 1961.

Rocky Mountain Laboratory: Reports of laboratory infections.

Jackson, E.B. , Danauskas, J.X. , Coale, M.C. and Smadel, J.E. : Recovery of Rickettsia akari from the Korean vole Microtus fortis pelliceus. Am. J. Hyg. 66: 301-307, 1957.

Lackman, D.B. and Pickens, E.G. : Antigenic types in the Rocky Mountain spotted fever group of rickettsiae. Bact. Proc. 51, 1953.

Bell, E.J. and Stoenner, H.G. : Immunologic relationships among the spotted fever group of rickettsias determined by toxin neutralization tests in mice with convalescent animal serums. J. Immunol. 84: 171-182, 1960.

Lackman, D.B. and Parker, R.R. : The serological characterization of North Queensland tick typhus. Public Health Rep. 63: 1624-1628, Dec. 10, 1948.

U. S. Dept. H. E. W.: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, June 8, 1962, 170-171.

Smadel, J.E. : Status of rickettsioses in the United States . Ann. Intern. Med. 51: 421-435, 1959.

Pomerantz, Charles: Personal communication.

Rose, H. M.: Personal communication.

Pike, G. , Cohen, S. and Murray, E.S. : Rickettsialpox. Report of serologically proven case occurring in resident of Boston. New Engl. J. Med. 243: 913-915, 1950.

Rindge, M.D. : Connecticut has first rickettsialpox outbreak . Conn. Health Bull. 66: 73, March, 1952.

La Bocetta, A.C. , Israel, H.L. , Perri, A.M. and Sigel, M.M. : Rickettsialpox. Report of four apparent cases in Pennsylvania. Am. J. Med. 13: 413-422, 1952.

Hoeprich, P.D. , Kent, G.T. and Dingle, J.H. : Rickettsialpox. Report of a serologically proved case in Cleveland. New Engl. J. Med. 254: 25-27, 1956.

Smadel, J.E. , Ley, H.L. , Jr., Diercks , F.H. and Cameron, J.A.P. : Persistence of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi in tissues of patients recovered from scrub typhus . Am. J. Hyg. 56: 294-302, 1952.

Parker, R.T. , Menon, P.G. , Meredith, A.M. , Snyder, M.J. and Woodward, T.E. : Persistence of Rickettsia rickettsii in a patient recovered from Rocky Mountain spotted fever. J. Immunol. 73: 383-386, 1954.

Price, W.H. : Studies on interepidemic survival of louse-borne epidemic typhus fever. J. Bact. 69: 106-107, 1955.

Robson, A.O. and Shimmin, C.D.G.L. : Chronic Q fever. 1. Clinical aspects of a patient with endocarditis. Brit. Med. J. 2: 980-983, 1959.

Andrews, P.S. and Marmion, B.P. : Chronic Q fever. 2. Morbid anatomical and bacteriological findings in a patient with endocarditis. Brit. Med. J. 2: 983-988, 1959.