An outbreak of rocky mountain spotted fever associated with a novel tick vector, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, in Arizona, 2004: Preliminary report

Linda J. Demma, M. Eremeeva, William L. Nicholson, M. Traeger, D. Blau, C. Paddock, M. Levin, G. Dasch, J. Cheek, D. Swerdlow, J. McQuiston

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCentury of Rickettsiology; Emerging, Reemerging Rickettsioses, Molecular Diagnostics. amd Emerging Veterinary Rickettsioses
PublisherBlackwell Publishing Inc.
Pages342-343
Number of pages2
ISBN (Print)1573316393, 9781573316392
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2006

Publication series

NameAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Volume1078
ISSN (Print)0077-8923
ISSN (Electronic)1749-6632

Keywords

  • Epidemiology
  • Rickettsia rickettsii
  • RMSF
  • Tick

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