<i>Rickettsia parkeri</i>Rickettsiosis and Its Clinical Distinction from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

D. Paddock, Christopher; W. Finley, Richard; S. Wright, Cynthia; N. Robinson, Howard; J. Schrodt, Barbara; Lane, C.; Ekenna, Okechukwu; A. Blass, Mitchell; L. Tamminga, Cynthia; Ohl, Christopher; McLellan, Susan; Goddard, Jerome; C. Holman, Robert; J. Openshaw, John; W. Sumner, John; R. Zaki, Sherif; E. Eremeeva, Marina

doi:10.1086/592254

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Rickettsia parkeriRickettsiosis and Its Clinical Distinction from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Sep 22, 2008

Authors:

Christopher D. Paddock

Richard W. Finley

Cynthia S. Wright

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, a recently identified spotted fever transmitted by the Gulf Coast tick (Amblyomma maculatum), was first described in 2004. We summarize the clinical and epidemiological features of 12 patients in the United States with confirmed or probable disease attri...

Subject

Rickettsiosis

Spotted fever

Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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