Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever from an Unexpected Tick Vector in Arizona
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- 11 August 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 353 (6) , 587-594
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa050043
Abstract
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a life-threatening, tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii. This disease is rarely reported in Arizona, and the principal vectors, Dermacentor species ticks, are uncommon in the state. From 2002 through 2004, a focus of Rocky Mountain spotted fever was investigated in rural eastern Arizona.Keywords
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