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ID DOID:0050052
Name Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Definition A spotted fever that has_material_basis_in Rickettsia rickettsii, which is transmitted_by ticks (Dermacentor variabilis and Dermacentor andersoni). The infection has_symptom fever, has_symptom headache, has_symptom abdominal pain, and has_symptom maculopapular rash progressing into papular or petechial rash.
http://cmr.asm.org/cgi/content/full/18/4/719#Rickettsia_rickettsii_%28Rocky_Mountain_spotted_fever%29, http://www.cdc.gov/otherspottedfever/index.html
Xrefs

GARD:7585

MESH:D012373

Alternateids

DOID:0050056

DOID:1708

Subsets

DO_infectious_disease_slim

DO_rare_slim

gram-negative_bacterial_infectious_disease

tick-borne_infectious_disease

zoonotic_infectious_disease

Synonyms

Brazillian spotted [RELATED]

Choix [RELATED]

Exanthematic typhus of Sao Paulo [RELATED]

Fiebre maculosa [RELATED]

Fiebre manchada [RELATED]

Sao Paulo typhus [RELATED]

So Paulo fever [RELATED]

Tick typhus [EXACT]

Tobia fever [RELATED]

Parent Relationships

is_a spotted fever

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