Serologic evidence for exposure to Richettsia rickettsii in Eastern Arizona and recent emergence of rocky mountain spotted fever in this region

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 423-429

  Demma, Linda J ^a,d   Traeger, Marc ^b   Blau, Dianna ^a   Gordon, Rondeen ^a   Johnson, Brian ^b   Dickson, Jeff ^b   Ethelbah, Rudy ^b   Piontkowski, Stephen ^b   Levy, Craig ^c   Nicholson, William L ^a   Duncan, Christopher ^b   Health, Karen ^b   Cheek, James ^b   Swerdlow, David L ^a   McQuiston, Jennifer H ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^c ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^d Vector Borne Disease Unit ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Brown dog tick; Rhipocephalus sanguineus; Rickettsia rickettsii; Rocky Mountain spotted fever; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; RURAL POPULATION; SEROLOGY; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; ARIZONA; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RHIPOCEPHALUS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 33846497941     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.423     Document Type: Article

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