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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Known as: FIEBRE MACULOSA, rocky mountain tick fever, Sao Paulo fever 
An acute febrile illness caused by RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII. It is transmitted to humans by bites of infected ticks and occurs only in North and South… Expand
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Rickettsia InfectionsTick-borne rickettsiosisunspecified spotted fever

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Diagnosis and Management of Tickborne Rickettsial Diseases: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Other Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses, Ehrlichioses, and Anaplasmosis - United States.
Tickborne rickettsial diseases continue to cause severe illness and death in otherwise healthy adults and children, despite the… Expand
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Tick-borne diseases in North Carolina: is "Rickettsia amblyommii" a possible cause of rickettsiosis reported as Rocky Mountain spotted fever?
Cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in North Carolina have escalated markedly since 2000. In 2005, we identified a… Expand
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Review
2007
Review
2007
Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a life-threatening disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, an obligately intracellular… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Diagnosis and management of tickborne rickettsial diseases: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichioses, and anaplasmosis--United States: a practical guide for physicians and other health-care and…
Tickborne rickettsial diseases (TBRD) continue to cause severe illness and death in otherwise healthy adults and children… Expand
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Saúde, bem-estar e envelhecimento: o estudo SABE no Município de São Paulo
O projeto SABE (Saude, bem-estar e envelhecimento) foi coordenado pela Organizacao Pan-Americana de Saude com o objetivo de… Expand
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Rocky Mountain spotted fever from an unexpected tick vector in Arizona.
BACKGROUND Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a life-threatening, tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii. This disease… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Qualidade de vida e saúde: aspectos conceituais e metodológicos
O conceito qualidade de vida tem suscitado pesquisas e cresce a sua utilizacao nas praticas desenvolvidas nos servicos de saude… Expand
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Métodos de estudo e técnicas laboratoriais em parasitologia de peixes
Quando se estudam os parasitas de peixes pode-se ter em mente varios objetivos a serem atingidos, destacando-se aqueles que… Expand
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Empowerment through Photo Novella: Portraits of Participation
Photo novella does not entrust cameras to health specialists, policymakers, or profes sional photographers, but puts them in the… Expand
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Review
1991
Review
1991
Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
  • D J Weber, Doren H. Walker
  • Infectious disease clinics of North America
  • 1991
    • Corpus ID: 26425954
Rocky Mountain spotted fever, the most prevalent rickettsial disease in the United States, is one of the most severe of all… Expand
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