Rocky Mountain spotted fever: brain imaging findings [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018 Bruna Melo Coelho Loureiro +3 more
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A compartment and metapopulation model of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in southwestern United States and northern Mexico [PDF]
Infect Dis ModelLaura Backus +2 more
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Rickettsia parkeri in Amblyomma maculatum Ticks, North Carolina, USA, 2009–2010
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 We detected Rickettsia parkeri in 20%−33% of Amblyomma maculatum ticks sampled in North Carolina. Results highlight the high frequencies of R. parkeri–infected ticks in the state with the highest annual incidence of Rocky Mountain spotted fever ...
Andrea S. Varela-Stokes +3 more
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Molecular pathogenesis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever: a brief review
IMC Journal of Medical Science, 2021 Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a bacterial infection caused by Rickettsia, a diverse group of small Gram-negative rod-shaped α-proteobacteria, and obligates intracellular pathogens, which are free-living in hosts' cell cytoplasm and are ...
Peter Uteh Upla +4 more
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An Atypical Presentation of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Presenting as Progressive Vision Loss: A Case Report [PDF]
CureusHussein Abourahma +6 more
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Dual Infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis and a Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia: A Case Report
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1998 Well-documented cases of simultaneous human infection with more than one tick-borne pathogen are rare. To our knowledge only two dual infections have been reported: simultaneous human infection with the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis and ...
Daniel J. Sexton +12 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014 Rocky Mountain spotted fever is endemic to the São Paulo metropolitan area, Brazil, where the etiologic agent, Rickettsia rickettsii, is transmitted to humans by adult Amblyomma aureolatum ticks.
Danilo G. Saraiva +3 more
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P-1434. Geostatistical Analysis of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Outbreak in Mexican Pediatric Patients: A Retrospective Observational Study [PDF]
Open Forum Infect DisLindsay A Concha-Mora +5 more
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Rickettsia rickettsii Co-feeding Transmission among Amblyomma aureolatum Ticks
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 Amblyomma aureolatum ticks are vectors of Rickettsia rickettsii, the etiologic agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Brazil. Maintenance of R. rickettsii in nature depends on horizontal transmission along tick generations.
Jonas Moraes-Filho +4 more
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Rickettsia rickettsii Transmission by a Lone Star Tick, North Carolina
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 Only indirect or circumstantial evidence has been published to support transmission of Rickettsia rickettsii by Amblyomma americanum (lone star) ticks in North America. This study provides molecular evidence that A.
Edward B. Breitschwerdt +5 more
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