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Apr 16, 2024 · Epidemics in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico are driven by spillover from dogs and brown dog ticks (Parola et al., 2008; Zazueta et al., 2021), although the risk of human infection may also be mediated by factors such as weather/climatic conditions. Importantly, people's knowledge about risk and personal protection will also ...
- Laura Backus, Patrick Foley, Janet Foley
- Infect Dis Model. 2024 Sep; 9(3): 713-727.
- 10.1016/j.idm.2024.04.008
- 2024/09
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]
- 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010738
- 2022/09
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Apr 1, 2012 · Introduction. Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) came to national attention as an endemic disease of the Bitter Root Valley, Montana during the turn of the last century. 1– 3 This highly virulent disease affected mainly working men during the summer months, with a case-fatality rate (CFR) upwards of 70%. 4 This disease was also recognized in other states in the Rocky Mountains with similar ...
- F. Scott Dahlgren, Robert C. Holman, Christopher D. Paddock, Laura S. Callinan, Jennifer H. McQuisto...
- 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0453
- 2012
- 2012/04/04
Symptoms and Signs of RMSF. The incubation period for Rocky Mountain spotted fever averages 7 days but varies from 3 to 12 days; the shorter the incubation period, the more severe the infection. Onset is abrupt, with severe headache, chills, prostration, and muscular pains. Fever reaches 39.5 to 40° C within several days and remains high (for ...
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.
- Ann Pietrangelo
Jul 8, 2014 · Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a tickborne disease first recognized in 1896 in the Snake River Valley of Idaho. It was originally called “black measles” because of the look of its rash in the late stages of the illness, when the skin turns black. It was a dreaded, often fatal disease, affecting hundreds of people in Idaho.
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.
