National Surveillance Data Show Increase in Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis: United States, 2016-2017

Am J Public Health. 2019 May;109(5):719-721. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305038.

Authors

Kristen Nichols Heitman¹, Naomi A Drexler¹, Dena Cherry-Brown¹, Amy E Peterson¹, Paige A Armstrong¹, Gilbert J Kersh¹

Affiliation

¹ All of the authors are with the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Arachnid Vectors / microbiology
Humans
Rickettsia / isolation & purification*
Rickettsia Infections / diagnosis*
Rickettsia Infections / microbiology
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / diagnosis*
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / microbiology
United States