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Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF)
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    1. Timeline of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) signs and symptoms
      Corporate Authors:
      National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Vector-Borne Diseases.
      Published Date:
      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. Cronograma de los signos y síntomas de la Fiebre manchada de las Montañas Rocosas (FMMR)
      Corporate Authors:
      National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Vector-Borne Diseases.
      Published Date:
      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 deantibióticos diferentes a...
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  1. Timeline of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) signs and symptoms
    Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Vector-Borne Diseases.
    Published Date:
    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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    Filetype[PDF - 69.96 KB]
  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 Date:
    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 Date:
    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
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    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 Date:
    Feb 19 2015
    Source:
    Clin Infect Dis. 60(11):1650-1658.
    Description:
    BackgroundRocky 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, Rhipicephalus s...
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  5. A Leopard without spots : clinical diagnosis and treatment of Rocky Mountain spotted fever
    Personal Author:
    Armstrong, Paige A.; Drexler, Naomi A.;
    Corporate Authors:
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response. Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity.. National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases (U.S.). Division of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases. Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch..
    Published Date:
    April 12, 2018
    Series:
    COCA Webinar
    Description:
    Thursday, April 12, 20182:00pm (Eastern Time)Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), a life-threatening and rapidly progressive tickborne disease, is caused by infection from the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii. Infection begins with non-specific sympto...
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