An Outbreak of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Associated with a Novel Tick Vector, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, in Arizona, 2004
- 31 October 2006
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 1078 (1) , 342-343
- https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1374.066
Abstract
Abstract: This study describes preliminary results of an investigation of RMSF in Arizona associated with the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. High numbers of dogs and heavy infestations of ticks created a situation leading to human disease.Keywords
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