Mild, infectious disease caused by Rickettsia akari, transmitted from mice to hu¬ mans by mites. Symptoms include chills, fever, malaise, and chicken pox-like lesions that dry, form scabs, and fall off, leaving no scars. Chloramphenicol or tetracyclines are usually given.
An acute, febrile, self-limited disease caused by Rickettsia akari. It is transmitted from the house mouse to humans by a small colorless mite, Allodermanyssus sanguineus.