Zoonotic rickettsial diseases are acute specific febrile illness caused by rickettsia, small bacteria like m.o. transmitted to humans by arthropod vectors such as tick, lice, mite and fleas. Rickettsioses of zoonotic importance can be divided into groups based on characteristics such as their intracellular locations, antigenic properties, DNA composition and the diseases they cause.
There are three rickettsial diseases distributed in Egypt.
1-Q fever caused by Coxiella burnetii
2-Endemic or flea- borne typhus fever caused by Rickettsia mooseri
3-Boutonneuse fever caused by Rickettsia conorii.
It is unclear about Boutonneuse fever (this is an old name) - whether this is Mediterranean spotted fever caused by Rickettsia conorii conorii, or this is Israeli tick typhus caused by R. c. Israelensis, or there are both infection.
Boutonneuse fever is Mediterranean spotted fever caused by Rickettsia conorii
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