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Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a
bacterial disease spread by ticks. It
typically begins with a
fever and headache,
which is
followed a few days...
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spotted fever is a type of tick-borne
disease which presents on the skin. They are all
caused by
bacteria of the
genus Rickettsia.
Typhus is a group...
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Howard Taylor Ricketts in
honor of his
pioneering work on tick-borne
spotted fever. Properly,
Rickettsia is the name of a
single genus, but the informal...
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typhus fever, is a
group of
infectious diseases that
include epidemic typhus,
scrub typhus, and
murine typhus.
Common symptoms include fever, headache...
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spotted fever is a
condition characterized by a rash that has
early macules, and later, in some patients, petechiae. It is
caused by Rickettsia...
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African tick bite
fever is a type of
spotted fever. It has
previously been
confused with
Mediterranean spotted fever.
African tick bite
fever is
often asymptomatic...
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Boutonneuse fever (also
called Mediterranean spotted fever, fièvre boutonneuse,
Kenya tick typhus,
Indian tick typhus, M****illes
fever, or
Astrakhan fever) is...
- the bacteria. R.
rickettsii is the
causative agent of
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and is
transferred to its host via a tick bite. It is one of the most...
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classified separately from the
other typhi.
Signs and
symptoms include fever, headache,
muscle pain, cough, and
gastrointestinal symptoms. More virulent...
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their secretions. It is also
known as
undulant fever,
Malta fever, and
Mediterranean fever. The
bacteria causing this disease, Brucella, are small...
