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Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF)
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    1. Cronograma de los signos y síntomas de la Fiebre manchada de las Montañas Rocosas (FMMR)
      Corporate Author:
      National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Vector-Borne Diseases.
      Published:
      7/23/18
      Series:
      Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (and other tickborne diseases) Toolkit for Healthcare Providers with Continuing Education
      Description:
      Timeline of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) signs and symptoms [Spanish] : La FMMR puede causar la muerte en 7 a 9 días. Todos los casos presuntos de FMMR deben recibir tratamiento con doxiciclina inmediatamente. El uso de : antibióticos difere...
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    2. Timeline of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) signs and symptoms
      Corporate Author:
      National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Vector-Borne Diseases.
      Published:
      7/23/18
      Series:
      Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (and other tickborne diseases) Toolkit for Healthcare Providers with Continuing Education
      Description:
      RMSF can be fatal within 7-9 days. All patients with suspected RMSF should receive immediate antibiotic treatment with doxycycline. Use of antibiotics : other than doxycycline is associated with a higher risk of fatal outcome from RMSF. : Incubation ...
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  1. Timeline of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) signs and symptoms
    Corporate Author:
    National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Vector-Borne Diseases.
    Published:
    7/23/18
    Series:
    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (and other tickborne diseases) Toolkit for Healthcare Providers with Continuing Education
    Description:
    RMSF can be fatal within 7-9 days. All patients with suspected RMSF should receive immediate antibiotic treatment with doxycycline. Use of antibiotics : other than doxycycline is associated with a higher risk of fatal outcome from RMSF. : Incubation ...
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  2. Fatal Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever along the United States–Mexico Border, 2013–2016
    Personal Author:
    Drexler, Naomi A.; Yaglom, Hayley; Casal, Mariana; Fierro, Maria; Kriner, Paula; Murphy, Brian; Kjemtrup, Anne; Paddock, Christopher D.;
    Published:
    Oct 2017
    Source:
    Emerg Infect Dis. 23(10):1621-1626.
    Description:
    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 Mexi...
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  3. Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Georgia, 1961-75: analysis of social and environmental factors affecting occurrence.
    Personal Author:
    Newhouse, Verne F.; Choi, Keewhan; Holman, Rovert C.; Thacker, Stephen B.; D'Angelo, Lawrence J.; Smith, J. David;
    Published:
    1986 Jul-Aug
    Source:
    Public Health Rep. 101(4):419-428
    Description:
    For the period of 1961 through 1975, 10 geographic and sociologic variables in each of the 159 counties of Georgia were analyzed to determine how they were correlated with the occurrence of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF). Combinations of variabl...
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  4. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Characterization and Comparison to Similar Illnesses in a Highly Endemic Area—Arizona, 2002–2011
    Personal Author:
    Traeger, Marc S.; Regan, Joanna J.; Humpherys, Dwight; Mahoney, Dianna L.; Martinez, Michelle; Emerson, Ginny L.; Tack, Danielle M.; Geissler, Aimee; Yasmin, Seema; Lawson, Regina; Hamilton, Charlene; Williams, Velda; Levy, Craig; Komatsu, Kenneth; McQuiston, Jennifer H.; Yost, David A.;
    Published:
    Feb 19 2015
    Source:
    Clin Infect Dis. 60(11):1650-1658.
    Description:
    Background : Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) has emerged as a significant cause of morbidity and mortality since 2002 on tribal lands in Arizona. The explosive nature of this outbreak and the recognition of an unexpected tick vector, Rhipicephalu...
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    Serologic assessment for exposure to spotted fever group rickettsiae in dogs in the Arizona-Sonora border region
    Personal Author:
    Yaglom, Hayley D.; Nicholson, William L.; Casal, Mariana; Nieto, Nathan C.; Adams, Laura;
    Published:
    Aug 21 2018
    Source:
    Zoonoses Public Health. 65(8):984-992.
    Description:
    Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a severe tick-borne rickettsial illness. In the south-western United States and Mexico, RMSF displays unique epidemiologic and ecologic characteristics, including Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (brown dog t...
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