title: Rickettsia in the regiment.
abstract: A case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) is described, together with other cases of pyrexia whose occurrence originally gave the impression of a significant outbreak of the disease in a TA regiment after annual training in the USA. The role of the RMO is considered in such circumstances.
authors.affiliation: RHQ Royal Wessex Yeomanry, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stephenson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D006113:United Kingdom