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  1. Sep 15, 2022 · Diagnostic Methods Used to Classify Confirmed and Probable Cases of Spotted Fever Rickettsioses—United States, 2010–2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019; 68 (10):243–6. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6810a3 [PMC free article] [Google Scholar]

  2. Jan 1, 2000 · Introduction. Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a tick-borne disease caused by the intracellular bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii. 1, 2 Rocky Mountain spotted fever has long been considered one of the most severe tick-borne rickettsial infections, with pre-antibiotic case-fatality rates reported as high as 65–80% in some case series 1 – 4;contemporary estimates from 1981 to 1998 placed ...

    • John J. Openshaw, David L. Swerdlow, John W. Krebs, Robert C. Holman, Eric Mandel, Alexis Harvey, Da...
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    • Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jul; 83(1): 174-182.
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  4. To assess the impact of the size of dog population and dog movement on outbreak magnitude and metapopulation dynamics, these parameters were modified independently. For dog movement, we used 0.0001%, the baseline 0.001%, a reduced value of and 0.01%. For dog population, we compared results with half and double baseline dog population.

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  5. 3. D'Angelo LJ, Winkler WG, Bregman DJ: Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the United States, 1975-1977. J Infect Dis 138:273-276, 1978 4. Hechemy KE: Laboratory diagnosis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. N Engl J Med 300:859-860, 1979 Epidemiologic Notes and Reports Rash Associated with Use of Whirlpools — Maine

  6. Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a severe tick-borne rickettsial illness in the United States (1). RMSF is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, is an intracellular bacterium and a member of the spotted fever group Rickettsia (SFGR). RMSF was first reported in the late 1890’s and is endemic to North, Central and South America.

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  7. Apr 16, 2024 · Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a fatal tick-borne zoonotic disease that has emerged as an epidemic in western North America since the turn of the 21st century. Along the US south-western border and across northern Mexico, the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus , is responsible for spreading the disease between dogs and humans.

  8. Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a life-threatening disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, an obligately intracellular bacterium that is spread to human beings by ticks. More than a century after its first clinical description, this disease is still among the most virulent human infections identified, being potentially fatal even in previously healthy young people. The diagnosis of ...