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Sep 13, 2017 · Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is an emerging public health concern near the US–Mexico border, where it has resulted in thousands of cases and hundreds of deaths in the past decade. We identified 4 patients who had acquired RMSF in northern Mexico and subsequently died at US healthcare facilities.
This Review explores the history of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Mexico, current epidemiology, and the multiple clinical, economic, and social challenges that must be considered in the control and prevention of this life-threatening illness.
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Mar 31, 2017 · This Review explores the history of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Mexico, current epidemiology, and the multiple clinical, economic, and social challenges that must be considered in the control and prevention of this life-threatening illness.
- Gerardo Álvarez-Hernández, Jesús Felipe González Roldán, Néstor Saúl Hernández Milan, R Ryan Lash, C...
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Feb 1, 1992 · Elizabeth W. Etheridge; Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: History of a Twentieth-Century Disease, Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 23, Issue 1, 1 February
Jul 8, 2014 · Credit: CDC. 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.
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (or "black measles" because of its characteristic rash) was recognized in the early 1800s, and in the last 10 years of the 1800s (1890–1900) it became very common, especially in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana. The disease was originally noted to be concentrated on the west-side of the Bitterroot river. [31]
Jan 5, 2017 · R ocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), a public health concern with mandatory reporting, is a tick-borne disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii. Rocky Mountain spotted fever exists throughout the western hemisphere; in the United States, more than 60% of cases occur in North Carolina, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Missouri ...
