Fatal Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever along the United States–Mexico Border, 2013–2016

Fatal Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever along the United States–Mexico Border, 2013–2016

Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is an emerging public health concern near the US–Mexico border, where it has resulted in thousands of cases and hundreds of deaths in the past decade. We identified 4 patients who had acquired RMSF in northern Mexico and subsequently died at US healthcare faciliti...

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Main Authors: Naomi A. Drexler, Hayley Yaglom, Mariana Casal, Maria Fierro, Paula Kriner, Brian Murphy, Anne Kjemtrup, Christopher D. Paddock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
US–Mexico border
rickettsia
tickborne disease
vectorborne infections
California
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/10/17-0309_article

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