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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER IN BRAZIL, 2010-2020

Arquivos de Ciências da Saúde da UNIPAR, 2023
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a tick-borne rickettsiosis. The main clinical signs and symptoms are fever, severe headache, rashes and myalgia. It is considered difficult to diagnose and underreported.
Fernanda Cristina Poscai Ribeiro, Kleber Fernando Pereira, Dayane Kelly Sabec-Pereira, Alexandre Daronco, Alcântara Ramos de Assis César   +4 more
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Prognostic Factors in Patients with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

International Journal of Medical Students, 2020
Background: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) is a disease with a high mortality rate, caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, a bacteria transmitted to humans by infected ticks. In 2008 there was a Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) outbreak in the city of
Hiram J. Jaramillo-Ramírez, Jeremy J. Hernández-Ríos, Fátima M. Martínez-González, Luz A. Gutiérrez-Bañales, Eliot R. García-Valenzuela, J. Andrés Beltrán-López, Jorge L. Peterson, Flor M. Yocupicio, Rodolfo Ruíz-Luján   +8 more
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Atypical Presentation of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Pregnancy [PDF]

American Journal of Perinatology Reports
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a common tick-borne disease and can have variable presentation with potentially fatal outcomes when untreated. We describe an atypical presentation of RMSF in the third trimester.
Jenny Wu, Sarah K. Dotters-Katz, Megan Varvoutis   +2 more
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever–Associated Myocarditis [PDF]

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
A previously healthy 23-year-old enlisted man presented for 2 days of fever, gastrointestinal symptoms, cough, and disseminated rash involving the palms and soles.
Camily Morales Lopez, Eric C. Zuberi, Michael A. Acevedo Monsanto, Libardo Rueda Prada, Melissa P. Cortes   +4 more
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Immune Thrombocytopenia as a Consequence of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever [PDF]

Case Reports in Oncology, 2017
Primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) – also called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura or immune thrombocytopenic purpura – is an acquired thrombocytopenia caused by autoantibodies against platelet antigens.
Cherisse Baldeo, Karan Seegobin, Lara Zuberi   +2 more
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Brain Death Secondary to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Encephalitis [PDF]

Case Reports in Critical Care, 2020
A two-year-old female presented with acutely altered mental status following eight days of fever and rash. She had been camping at an Indiana campground 11 days prior to the onset of illness and was evaluated twice for her fever and rash prior to ...
Steven D. Rhodes, Alicia M. Teagarden, Brian Graner, Riad Lutfi, Chandy C. John   +4 more
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Newly Recognized Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia as Cause of Severe Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever–Like Illness, Northern California, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases
The incidence of spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses in the United States has tripled since 2010. Rocky Mountain spotted fever, the most severe SFG rickettsiosis, is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii.
Will S. Probert, Monica P. Haw, Aran C. Nichol, Carol A. Glaser, Sarah Y. Park, Laura E. Campbell, Kavita K. Trivedi, Hannah Romo, Megan E.M. Saunders, Anne M. Kjemtrup, Kerry A. Padgett, Jill K. Hacker   +11 more
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Long term neurologic sequelae in a Mexican rocky mountain spotted fever case [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
During the second half of the twentieth century, neurologic sequelae associated with central nervous system impairment caused by Rickettsia rickettsii were studied widely and exclusively in the United States.
Karla Rossanet Dzul-Rosado, Cesar Lugo-Caballero, Alejandra Salcedo-Parra, Raymundo Daniel López-Soto, Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez   +4 more
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Panama: a cluster description.

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a tick-borne infection caused by Rickettsia rickettsii. We report a cluster of fatal cases of RMSF in 2007 in Panama, involving a pregnant woman and two children from the same family.
Maribel Tribaldos, Yamitzel Zaldivar, Sergio Bermudez, Franklyn Samudio, Yaxelis Mendoza, Alexander A Martinez, Rodrigo Villalobos, Marina E Eremeeva, Christopher D Paddock, Kathleen Page, Rebecca E Smith, Juan Miguel Pascale   +11 more
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Modeling of Control Efforts against Rhipicephalus sanguineus, the Vector of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Sonora Mexico. [PDF]

Insects, 2022
Alvarez-Hernandez G, Trejo AV, Ratti V, Teglas M, Wallace DI.   +4 more
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