Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF)

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Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF)

Published Date:

7/23/18

Series:

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (and other tickborne diseases) Toolkit for Healthcare Providers with Continuing Education

Language:

English

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Corporate Authors:

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Vector-Borne Diseases.

Description:

"Physician Pocket Card"

Quick reference of key facts about the clinical diagnosis and treatment of RMSF

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Series:

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (and other tickborne diseases) Toolkit for Healthcare Providers with Continuing Education

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Published Date:

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Published Date:

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Published Date:

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Source:

Public Health Rep. 101(4):419-428

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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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