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Mar 29, 2017 · Figure 1 Locations of historical and contemporary outbreaks of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Mexico and collection sites of ticks infected with Rickettsia rickettsii. Figure 2 Cumulative incidence and case fatality rates of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Sonora, Mexico, 2003–16.
- Gerardo Álvarez-Hernández, Jesús Felipe González Roldán, Néstor Saúl Hernández Milan, R Ryan Lash, C...
- 2017
Panel: Key features of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Mexico. Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a life-threatening tick-borne zoonosis caused by Rickettsia rickettsii. The disease was identified in Mexico during the 1940s and 1950s as the cause of multiple deadly outbreaks.
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Apr 15, 2021 · Zazueta, O. E., Armstrong, P. A., Márquez-Elguea, A., Hernández Milán, N., Peterson, A. E., Ovalle-Marroquín, D. F....Paddock, C. D. (2021). Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in a Large Metropolitan Center, Mexico–United States Border, 2009–2019. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(6), 1567-1576. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2706.191662.
Sep 13, 2017 · In the United States, RMSF is characteristically a rare and sporadically distributed disease: most cases are reported from mid-Atlantic states ( 2 ). Recently, however, epidemic levels of RMSF have been described for areas of eastern and southern Arizona and northern Mexico ( 3 – 6 ).
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), a severe and potentially deadly tickborne disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii bacteria, occurs throughout the Americas. The classic epidemiology of RMSF is characterized by isolated and sporadic cases of disease that occur predominantly in rural or suburban settings ( 1 ).
- Oscar E Zazueta, Paige A Armstrong, Adriana Márquez-Elguea, Néstor Saúl Hernández Milán, Amy E Peter...
- 10.3201/eid2706.191662
- 2021
- Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Jun; 27(6): 1567-1576.
Jan 11, 2024 · Dashboard Data Files. Last Reviewed: January 11, 2024. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) , Division of Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD) Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a bacterial disease spread through the bite on an infected tick.
Nov 2, 2020 · Proportion of fatal and nonfatal cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Sonora, Mexico, 2015–2018, among all cases (Map A) and persons aged < 18 years (Map B). Clinical and laboratory findings. Fever was reported by all cases as required by the case definition.