Search results
Mar 25, 2024 · When to Go to the ER. Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a bacterial illness caused by a bite from an infected tick. Symptoms include high fever and widespread rash. In the United States, there are 4,000–6,000 reports of tick-borne spotted fevers, including RMSF, each year. It's the deadliest tick-borne illness in the world.
INTRODUCTION. Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a serious bacterial disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii.It is transmitted to humans through tick bites. Medical researchers in both Mexico and the United States have observed that RMSF morbidity and mortality are disproportionately higher in low-income communities. 1 – 3 Multiple factors may influence vulnerability in low-income ...
Jul 18, 2020 · Methods. Our retrospective, cross-sectional study included patients who had Rickettsia serological testing ordered by their physician, in Ontario, from 2013 to 2018. We tested sera from 2755 non-travel patients for antibodies against spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) and typhus group rickettsiae (TGR) using an indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) (positive IgG titers ≥1:64).
Apr 18, 2019 · 18 April 2019. In Brazil, seasonal increases of yellow fever have historically occurred between December and May. During the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 seasons, the number of yellow fever cases was much larger than in previous years (Figures 1 & 2). The increase in cases was partly due to a geographical expansion of the areas affected by yellow ...
Sep 1, 2017 · Tulip Fever: Directed by Justin Chadwick. With Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Jack O'Connell, Holliday Grainger. An artist falls for a young married woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait during the Tulip mania of seventeenth century Amsterdam.
Dec 31, 2019 · The current outbreak of yellow fever virus in Brazil (2016–2018). (A) Brazilian states with YFV cases recorded and sequenced in humans, non-human primates (NHP) and mosquitoes between 2017 ...
Dec 30, 2022 · Methods. We analysed the national surveillance data on Lassa fever maintained by the Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) and described trends, sociodemographic, geographic distribution, and clinical outcomes. We compared cases, positivity, and clinical outcomes in the period January 2018 to December 2021.
