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May 7, 2019 · RMSF. One of the deadliest tickborne diseases in the Americas. Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a bacterial disease spread through the bite of an infected tick. Most people who get sick with RMSF will have a fever, headache, and rash. RMSF can be deadly if not treated early with the right antibiotic.
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Jul 17, 2023 · Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is an acute febrile tick-borne illness caused by Rickettsia rickettsii. In North America, it is both the most severe and the most common rickettsial infection. Without prompt antibiotic treatment, mortality rates are as high as 20 to 30 percent. This activity reviews the evaluation and management of Rocky ...
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 ...
The epidemic struck St. Louis, Missouri, in early 1849, and by the end of summer, estimates of the dead ranged from 4,500 to 6,000. During the 1849 California Gold Rush, travelers carried the bacteria along the Santa Fe Trail and other overland routes. The epidemic thrived in the unsanitary conditions along the trails, peaking in 1850 as it was ...
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Unlike the other major eastern trunk lines the Pennsylvania Railroad got off to a relatively late start. The Baltimore & Ohio, Erie, and New York Central could all trace their corporate heritage back to the 1820s and early 1830s. The PRR was not formed until a decade later. According to Mike Schafer and Brian Solomon's book, "Pennsylvania Railroad,...
The fledgling United States in 1830 comprise only a few dozen states while the original thirteen contained the largest commercial and port centers such as Charleston, Wilmington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. These cities fiercely competed with one another in an attempt to establish themselves as the preeminent eastern port. Natura...
At the same time work was commencing east of Pittsburgh and finished to Cresson in late 1852, completing the original charter. The first train running from the Steel City to Philadelphia did so on December 10, 1852. The ability to reach the latter city came via the PRR's acquisition of the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy & Lancaster Railroad (184...
"Fleet of Modernism" "Broadway Limited" "General" "Cincinnati Limited" "Pennsylvania Limited" "Jeffersonian" "Spirit Of St. Louis" "Liberty Limited" "Red Arrow" "The American" Admiral: (New York - Chicago) Akronite: (New York - Pittsburgh - Akron) Clevelander: (New York - Cleveland) Colonial: (Boston - Washington) Congressional: (New York - Washing...
According to Rush Loving, Jr.'s book, "The Men Who Loved Trains," the PRR was not warmly received throughout the industry. He states: "The Pennsylvania and its managers were disliked almost universally among railroads. It was so large that the Pennsy dominated rate-making policies in the East at the expense of other carriers. Its officers were unbe...
Surprisingly the ICC approved the marriage, which virtually allowed a monopoly in the Northeast; the ill-fated Penn Central Transportation Company was born on February 1, 1968. From the start chaos ensued as operations ground to halt; trains became lost and incoming management teams struggled to work together. The situation worsened a year later wh...
