African tick typhus

Definition

A rare bacterial infectious disease caused by the tick-borne bacterium <i>Rickettsia africae</i>, characterized by acute onset of fever accompanied by myalgia, localized lymphadenitis, and a papulovesicular rash. In most cases at least one, sometimes multiple, inoculation eschars are observed. Clustering of cases is frequent.

Disease data

Classification

Disease

ORPHA code

101334

OMIM code

ICD10 code

A77.1

ICD11 code

1C31.1

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