title: Rocky Mountain spotted fever--changing ecology and persisting virulence.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
authors.forename: J Stephen
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Dumler
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors; D002648:Child; D003870:Dermacentor; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D018450:Disease Progression; D004463:Ecology; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D048508:Rhipicephalus sanguineus; D012284:Rickettsia rickettsii / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology