Diseases

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

An acute febrile illness caused by RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII. It is transmitted to humans by bites of infected ticks and occurs only in North and South America. Characteristics include a sudden onset with headache and chills and fever lasting about two to three weeks. A cutaneous rash commonly appears on the extremities and trunk about the fourth day of illness.

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An acute febrile illness caused by RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII. It is transmitted to humans by bites of infected ticks and occurs only in North and South America. Characteristics include a sudden onset with headache and chills and fever lasting about two to three weeks. A cutaneous rash commonly appears on the extremities and trunk about the fourth day of illness.

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  • Brazilian Spotted Fever
  • Rickettsia rickettsii Infection
  • Sao Paulo Typhus
  • Typhus, Sao Paulo
  • Fever, Brazilian Spotted
  • Infection, Rickettsia rickettsii
  • Rickettsia rickettsii Infections
  • Spotted Fever, Brazilian

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

caused by Rickettsia rickettsii; for X ref, in titles & translations use diacrit: São Paulo

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History Note

SAO PAULO TYPHUS was see under ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER 1963-76

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  1. C01w.150.252w.400w.789.725w.400w.500w
  2. C01w.920.930w.887w.500w

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WC 620

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012373. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012373
  2. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_spotted_fever
  3. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q744387