title: An outbreak of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever associated with a novel tick vector, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, in Arizona, 2004: preliminary report.
abstract: This study describes preliminary results of an investigation of RMSF in Arizona associated with the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. High numbers of dogs and heavy infestations of ticks created a situation leading to human disease.
authors.affiliation: Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop G-13, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Linda J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Demma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eremeeva
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Traeger
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blau
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Paddock
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dasch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheek
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Swerdlow
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McQuiston
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001130:Arizona / Q000453:epidemiology; D003870:Dermacentor / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D048508:Rhipicephalus sanguineus / Q000382:microbiology*; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*