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What does RMSF stand for?

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever


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Alexander said the last one he recalled was Howard Taylor Ricketts, a former University of Chicago scientist who did pioneering research on two other bacterial diseases — Rocky Mountain spotted fever and typhus.
But they can also spread other bacterial and viral diseases, including babesiosis, anaplasmosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, relapsing fever, and Colorado tick fever, reports the June 2009 issue of Harvard Women's Health Watch.
Parents are increasingly aware of the dangers to their children from insect bites that can carry diseases such as Lyme disease, West Nile virus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and Eastern equine encephalitis.
Causes of Tick Bites The cause of Rocky Mountain spotted fever is the organism Rickettsia rickettsii.
The state Department of Health lists these tick-borne diseases: Rocky Mountain spotted fever (1-2 cases per year), tularemia (2-4 cases per year), tick paralysis (6 cases from 1989-2000), babesiosis (2 cases ever in Washington), tick-borne relapsing fever (4-8 cases per year), Lyme disease (15 cases a year).
Biting insects such as mosquitoes and ticks can spread diseases such as encephalitis, Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, malaria and dengue Fever.
Byline: Susan Abram Staff Writer Eight Los Angeles County dogs have been sickened with canine Rocky Mountain spotted fever this year, but it's unclear if any humans are at risk of contracting the tick-borne illness.
In addition, specimens such as these can be used for profiling a broader variety of diseases that potentially could be transmitted to humans by fleas and ticks, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

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