title: Fatal cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the United States, 1981-1988.
authors.affiliation: Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Fishbein
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Frontini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giles
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Vernon
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000401:mortality*; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology