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Rocky Mountain spotted fever in New York City. Nationally, the disease is reportedly most common in children under 10 years of age, but in NYC the majority of patients are middle-aged. The number of cases reported in NYC has ranged from 2 to 27 per year.
Published May 26, 1988. N Engl J Med 1988;318: 1345 - 1348. DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198805263182101. VOL. 318 NO. 21. Abstract. In the spring and summer of 1987, four persons acquired Rocky Mountain...
- Miklos P. Salgo, Edward E. Telzak, Brian Currie, David C. Perlman, Nathan Litman, Michael Levi, Gera...
- 1988
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a disease caused by the bite of a tick infected with the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii. In New York, the American dog tick ( Dermacentar variablis) is the most common tick that spreads the disease. Fewer than 50 cases are reported annually in New York State. RMSF is a serious illness that can be fatal in ...
- What Are The Signs and Symptoms of RMSF and When Do They appear?RMSF frequently begins with a sudden onset of moderate to high fever (which can last for 2 or 3 weeks), headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, and mus...
- What Is The Treatment For RMSF?A specific antibiotic called doxycycline is the first line of treatment for adults and children of all ages and should be started immediately when...
- What Can Be Done to Prevent RMSF?Generally, ticks cannot jump or fly onto a person. They wait in vegetation and cling to animals and humans when they brush by. Domestic animals can...
- How Should A Tick Be removed?Grasp the mouthparts with tweezers as close as possible to the attachment (skin) site. Be careful not to squeeze, crush or puncture the body of the...
Symptoms usually develop about 2 to 14 days after the tick bite. They may include: Chills and fever. Confusion. Headache. Muscle pain. Rash -- usually starts a few days after the fever; first appears on wrists and ankles as spots that are 1 to 5 mm in diameter, then spreads to most of the body.
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May 26, 1988 · Grant support. In the spring and summer of 1987, four persons acquired Rocky Mountain spotted fever within New York City, an area in which the disease had not previously been known to be endemic. Three of the four patients were residents of the Soundview area of the Bronx. All diagnoses were confirmed by indirect ….
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.
