ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER

infectious disease caused by a rickettsia. The germ is harbored by wild rodents and other animals and is carried by infected ticks that attach themselves to humans. Rocky Mountain spotted fever is most prevalent in the NW United States, although it may be encountered in other tick-infested regions. Symptoms include chills and high fever; a rose-colored skin rash that appears first on the wrists and ankles and spreads to the trunk, the spots turning deep red and running together; headache; and pains in the back, muscles, and joints. In severe cases there may be delirium or coma. Spotted fever is a serious disease; however, it is not usually fatal if prompt antibiotic treatment is administered. Immunization with vaccine is effective.

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books on: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever  - 99 results

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Murderous Medicine: Nazi Doctors, Human Experimentation, and Typhus
Book by Naomi Baumslag; Praeger, 2005
Subjects: Human Experimentation In Medicine--Germany--History--20th Century, National Socialism--Moral And Ethical Aspects, Prisoners Of War--Medical Care--Germany--History--20th Century, Typhus Fever--Germany--History--20th Century, World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities
...artificial media existed at that time. In 1925 Drs. R.R. Spencer and R.R. Parker developed a vaccine for Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a related dis- ease transmitted by ticks. The vaccine was prepared from tick intestines in- fected with...
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The Poconos
Book by Carl S. Oplinger, Robert Halma; Rutgers University Press, 2006
Subjects: Natural History--Pennsylvania--Pocono Mountains--Guidebooks, Pocono Mountains (Pa.)--Guidebooks
...56. See also specific types rock tripe, 60fig Rocky Mountain spotted fever, 232 rodents, 135-139 Roebling, John, 258 Roosevelt...red-backed, 207; slimy, 188tab, 207, 208; spotted, 140, 188tab; spring, 157; two-lined, 155...
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A Reader's Companion to the Fiction of Willa Cather
Book by John March, Marilyn Arnold, Debra Lynn Thornton; Greenwood Press, 1993
Subjects: Cather, Willa--1873-1947--Criticism And Interpretation--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc, Women And Literature--United States--History--20th Century--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
...type of typhoid fever contracted by...hunters in the Rocky Mountains. It was thought...miners died from fevers after drinking...possibility is that "mountain fever" is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Its...the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep...trophies in the Rockies. N: PH II , 4-5; S: Bef MOUNTAINS IN HELL. See...
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Covered Wagon Women: Diaries & Letters from the Western Trails - Vol. 3
Book by Kenneth L. Holmes; University of Nebraska Press, 1995
Subjects: Frontier And Pioneer Life--West (U.S.), Overland Journeys To The Pacific, West (U.S.)--Biography, West (U.S.)--History, Women Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Biography
...comfortable in the caraige I have the mountain fever 13 the Doct. say with the...13 The best discussion of "mountain fever" is in John D. Unruh...Unruh designated it either as Rocky Mountain spotted fever or as Colorado tick fever...
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Overland in 1846: Diaries and Letters of the California-Oregon Trail - Vol. 1
Book by Dale Morgan; University of Nebraska Press, 1993
Subjects: California Trail, Oregon Trail, Overland Journeys To The Pacific, Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Diaries, West (U.S.)--Description And Travel
...by sickness in this region, an affliction called mountain fever. The illness was too general to be attributed to the tick-borne disease now called Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and probably reflected oxygen starvation in men...
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journal articles on: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever  - 24 results

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Toxic Shock Syndrome or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever?
Journal article by Kristin Crowe; The Forensic Examiner, Vol. 16, 2007
Subjects: Rocky Mountain spotted fever--Care and treatment, Rocky Mountain spotted fever--Comparative analysis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever--Diagnosis, Toxic shock syndrome--Care and treatment, Toxic shock syndrome--Comparative analysis, Toxic shock syndrome--Diagnosis
...Shock Syndrome or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever? by Kristin Crowe...borne diseases, rocky mountain spotted fever, emedicine. Retrieved...Rocky mountain spotted fever. Retrieved...September 9). Rocky mountain spotted fever. Retrieved September...
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Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Diseases: A Review
Journal article by George H. Reed; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 55, 1993
Subjects: Babesiosis--Care and treatment, Ehrlichiosis--Care and treatment, Lyme disease--Care and treatment, Q fever--Care and treatment, Relapsing fever--Care and treatment, Rocky Mountain spotted fever--Care and treatment, Tick-borne diseases--Evaluation, Ticks--Control, Tularemia--Care and treatment
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Necrotic Spider or Tick Bite? Hobo Spider Venom or Ehrlichial Bacteria?
Journal article by Cornelia Richardson-Boedler; The Forensic Examiner, Vol. 16, 2007
Subjects: Bites (Injuries)--Care and treatment, Bites (Injuries)--Diagnosis, Bites and stings--Care and treatment, Bites and stings--Diagnosis, Ehrlichiosis--Care and treatment, Ehrlichiosis--Diagnosis, Spider venom--Complications and side effects, Spider venoms--Complications and side effects
...mimicked African tick-bite fever (Newlands Atkinson, 1990...as the tick-borne illness Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Erickson, Hryhorezuk, Lipscomb...Human Services. (1990). Rocky Mountain spotted fever and human ehrlichiosis...
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Green Mansions of Tamaulipas
Journal article by Paul S. Martin; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 48, 2006
Subjects: Birds--Collections and collecting, Tamaulipas, Mexico--Description and travel
...hauled logs to mills in the mountains. Others loaded with boards...incredibly rough, narrow, rocky tracks from Rancho del Cielo...from many other parts of the mountains to unload in drying yards...truck he was riding down the mountain broke loose on a pitching...turned over on him in the mountains (ES to PSM, 11 October 1956...
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Infectious Concerns
Journal article by Mary E. Wilson; Harvard International Review, Vol. 23, 2001
Subjects: Diseases--Causes and theories of causation, Infection--International aspects
...students, all with similar symptoms: fever, cough, shortness of breath, and chest...or soil (e.g., cholera, typhoid fever, Legionnaires disease, histoplasmosis...insect vector (e.g., malaria, dengue fever), and 0.3 percent came directly from...
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magazine articles on: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever  - 36 results

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Pet Ownership - Risky Business?
Magazine article by Judy Folkenberg; FDA Consumer, Vol. 24, April 1990
Subjects: Animal carriers of disease--Safety and security measures, Animals as carriers of disease--Safety and security measures, Parrot fever--Diagnosis, Pet owners--Health aspects, Pets--Diseases, Psittacosis--Diagnosis, Ringworm--Diagnosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever--Diagnosis, Tinea--Diagnosis, Toxoplasmosis--Diagnosis, Zoonoses--Diagnosis
...roundworm in humans are fever, headache, cough, and...Symptoms in humans are fever, headache, swollen lymph...Psistacosis (parrot fever) is a bacterial disease...neurological disorders. * Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever-now found in all...
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Magnificent Kenai
Magazine article by Steven R. Lorton; Sunset, Vol. 202, April 1999
Subjects: Anchorage Alaska, Kenai Alaska, Mountains, Travel, Vacations
...north the Chugach Mountains rose tall, jagged...rose the Kenai Mountains. It seemed as...the cliffs, mountain peaks tower 5...years the Kenai Mountain range has been...the water. On rocky islands, sea...the sun. We spotted bald eagles swooping...of the Kenai Mountains and sightings...high on gold fever and low on know...
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The Ugly World of Ticks
Magazine article by Dwight G. Smith; World and I, Vol. 17, September 2002
Subjects: Parasites--Analysis, Ticks--Analysis, Ticks--Natural history, Ticks--Risk factors
...than any other group of animals. Rocky Mountain spotted fever; Lyme disease; babesiosis...rickettsial disease Rocky Mountain spotted fever, is an example of a three...and headache. Rocky Mountain spotted fever (caused by Rickettsia rickettsii...
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Fighting Fleas and Ticks
Magazine article by Dixie Farley; FDA Consumer, Vol. 30, July 1996
Subjects: Fleas as carriers of disease--Analysis, Fleas--Analysis, Fleas--Control, Insect carriers of disease--Analysis, Insecticides--Health aspects, Tick-borne diseases--Prevention, Ticks--Control
...of plague to cats--fever, swollen lymph nodes...ehrlichiosis--high fever, muscle aches Lyme disease...disease from ticks is Rocky Mountain spotted fever, characterized...similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but usually without...
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Could Mad-Cow Disease Happen Here? Britain's Horrifying Experience Taught Us a Few Things, but Perhaps Not Enough to Preclude an Outbreak of Our Own
Magazine article by Ellen Ruppel Shell; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 282, September 1998
Subjects: Cattle industry--United States, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Medical research--United States
...avoid it. A Medical Mystery THE Rocky Mountain Laboratories is an unassuming...by the state in 1928 to study Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a deadly tick-borne disease...physician, and Caugheys boss at Rocky Mountain, is not so sure. Considered...
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TULIP FEVER! Cheery, Elegant and a Boisterous Indication of Spring - the Tulip Is a Universal Favourite. Here's How to Make the Most of Them in Your Garden
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 8, 2006
TULIP FEVER! Cheery, Elegant and a Boisterous...among welldrained, often rocky soils on hills and mountains, this member of the Lily...protected conditions. These mountain-born species plants are...European planthunters who spotted them growing in Turkey. Referring...
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Ouch! What Bit Me? Warmer Weather Brings out the Creepy Crawlies, but Only a Few Pose Health Risks
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 2, 2011
Subjects: Lyme disease--Health aspects, News agencies--Health aspects, The Associated Press, Weather--Health aspects, West Nile fever--Health aspects
...can transmit additional diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tickborne relapsing fever, and STARI or Southern tick-associated rash...symptoms fortunately are rare but include high fever, neck stiffness, disorientation, coma...
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Health Authorities Cite Tick Dangers
Newspaper article by Vaishali Honawar; The Washington Times, June 2, 2001
...borne illnesses like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Five cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and 688 cases of Lyme disease were...Lyme disease and seven of Rocky Mountain spotted fever reported last year. The District...
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Steer Clear Risk of Lyme, Tick-Borne Diseases Peak in Spring
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 10, 2010
Subjects: Disease transmission--Risk factors, Lyme disease--Risk factors
...the Rickettsia rickettsii bacterium that causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which is lethal in a small percentage of cases...misleading: Most of the 1,000 or so cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever that occur each year affect people living...
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Fence Post
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 19, 2010
...Groza of Sleepy Hollow, for not only feeding a Rocky Mountain National Park chipmunk people food when there is...raccoons and other small animals can carry rabies and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. They also can inflict painful scratches and bites...
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encyclopedia articles on: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever  - 8 results

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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER infectious disease caused by a rickettsia...Despite its name, Rocky Mountain spotted fever is most prevalent in the S United...cases there may be delirium or coma. Spotted fever is a serious disease; however...
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Rickettsia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...rodents to people by fleas. Trench fever, caused by R. quintana, was...from person to person. Trench fever disease reservoirs (perpetuation...rickettsial diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and African tick typhus, are transmitted...
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Mite
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...to the host for long periods. Ticks transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever , tularemia , Lyme disease , equine encephalitis...pacificus, which transmits Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the western states, prefers livestock...
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Lyme Disease
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...that causes symptoms ranging from fever and headache to a painful swelling...followed by flulike symptoms (fever, headache, and painful joints...infect the deer tick. See also Rocky Mountain spotted fever . See P. Murray, The Widening...
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Communicable Diseases
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...vicinity. Such diseases include diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, mumps, whooping cough, influenza...carriers, e.g., rabies, malaria, encephalitis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The human disease carriers, i.e., the healthy...
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