Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a bacterial disease spread by ticks. It typically begins with a fever and headache, which is followed a few days...
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1665. Types of spotted fevers include:[citation needed] Helvetica spotted fever Mediterranean spotted fever Rocky Mountain spotted fever Queensland tick...
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Rickettsia (redirect from Hungarian spotted fever)
rickettsialpox, boutonneuse fever, African tick-bite fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Flinders Island spotted fever, and Queensland tick typhus (Australian...
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infection, Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Colorado tick fever is probably the same disease that American pioneers referred to as "mountain fever". Colorado...
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Boutonneuse fever (also called Mediterranean spotted fever, fièvre boutonneuse, Kenya tick typhus, Indian tick typhus, Marseilles fever, or Astrakhan fever) is...
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appearance of the bacteria. R. rickettsii is the causative agent of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and is transferred to its host via a tick bite. It is one of...
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Dermacentor andersoni (redirect from Rocky Mountain wood tick)
along the Rocky Mountains. This tick is generally a vector for Colorado tick fever, but can also be a vector for Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia...
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Typhus (redirect from Typhus Fever)
typhus fever, is a group of infectious diseases that include epidemic typhus, scrub typhus, and murine typhus. Common symptoms include fever, headache...
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within a group known as spotted fever rickettsiosis together with Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and rickettsialpox. These...
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Scrub typhus (redirect from Tsutsugamushi fever)
classified separately from the other typhi. Signs and symptoms include fever, headache, muscle pain, cough, and gastrointestinal symptoms. More virulent...
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Winston Price (section Rocky Mountain spotted fever)
Dermacentor were the main vectors of Rickettsia rickettsii that caused Rocky mountain spotted fever in humans. Price was born in New York City in 1923. He had one...
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returning from South Africa. Boutonneuse fever Rocky Mountain spotted fever Flea-borne spotted fever "African Tick-Bite Fever". wwwnc.cdc.gov. March 2013. Archived...
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Symptoms may resemble those of measles, rubella, or possibly Rocky Mountain spotted fever. These symptoms are likely caused by a vasculitis caused by the...
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Spotted fever rickettsiosis, also known as spotted fever group rickettsia (SFGR), is a group of infections that include Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Rickettsia...
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of rickettsioses include typhus, both endemic and epidemic, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and Rickettsialpox.[citation needed] Organisms involved include...
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Rickettsia parkeri (redirect from American tick bite fever)
parkeri cases with 208 Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases caused by R. rickettsii. Although both R. parkeri and R. rickettsii caused fever, rash, myalgia, and...
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paper – April 2018" (PDF). WHO. April 2018 – via apps.who.int. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, About.com. Accessed...
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Infectious mononucleosis Marburg virus Neisseria meningitidis Rocky Mountain spotted fever Scarlet fever Typhus Streptococcal pharyngitis – Petechiae on the soft...
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contact is normally discouraged, as their ticks can be vectors to Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The European Association of Zoos and Aquaria asked Drusillas...
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Babesiosis (redirect from Texas fever)
without severe winters. In cattle, the disease is known as Texas cattle fever or redwater. Half of all children and a quarter of previously healthy adults...
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that the vector that carried the pathogen for Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a tick, the Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni; some other species...
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bacteria responsible for several diseases in humans, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia (Francisella tularensis). It is one of the best-known...
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Trench fever (also known as "five-day fever", "quintan fever" (Latin: febris quintana), and "urban trench fever") is a moderately serious disease transmitted...
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and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Specifically, doxycycline is indicated for treatment of the following diseases: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, typhus...
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opened in 1928 by the Montana State Board of Entomology to study Rocky Mountain spotted fever and the ticks, Dermacentor andersoni, that carry it. Local opposition...
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infection, R. parkeri rickettsiosis, can be differentiated from Rocky Mountain spotted fever by the presence of an eschar at the site of inoculation. Eschar...
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Tick (redirect from Rocky Mountain Wood tick)
rickettsialpox, boutonneuse fever, African tick bite fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Flinders Island spotted fever, and Queensland tick typhus (Australian...
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Ehrlichiosis (redirect from Sennetsu Fever)
RF, Paddock CD, Behravesh CB (2016-01-06). "National Surveillance of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in the United States, 2008-2012". The American Journal...
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lymphadenopathy. Queensland tick typhus symptomatically resembles Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a less severe tick-borne disease. If left untreated for longer...
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include Rickettsia prowazekii (typhus) and Rickettsia rickettsii, (Rocky Mountain spotted fever).[citation needed] Chlamydia are intracellular parasites. These...
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