Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Arizona: Documentation of Heavy Environmental Infestations of Rhipicephalus sanguineus at an Endemic Site
Autor: | Jennifer H. McQuiston, Brian Johnson, William L. Nicholson, Christopher D. Paddock, Marc S. Traeger, Linda J. Demma, David L. Swerdlow, Jeffrey Dickson |
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Rok vydání: | 2006 |
Předmět: |
biology
Ecology General Neuroscience Rocky Mountain spotted fever Rhipicephalus sanguineus Arizona medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Rickettsia rickettsii General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Tick Infestations History and Philosophy of Science Larva Vector (epidemiology) parasitic diseases medicine Animals Humans Prevalence studies Acari Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Ixodidae |
Zdroj: | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1078:338-341 |
ISSN: | 0077-8923 |
Popis: | A recent epidemiologic investigation identified 16 cases and 2 deaths from Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in two eastern Arizona communities. Prevalence studies were conducted by collecting free-living ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from the home sites of RMSF patients and from other home sites within the community. Dry ice traps and flagging confirmed heavy infestations at many of the home sites. Only Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks were identified and all developmental stages were detected. It is evident that under certain circumstances, this species does transmit Rickettsia rickettsii to humans and deserves reconsideration as a vector in other geographic areas. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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