Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a tick bourne illness. It travels through tick bites and is actually one of the more severe tick bourne diseases.
It can also be spread from people in large crowds or people who aren't clean.
The disease is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, a species of bacteria that is spread to humans by hard ticks.
Rickettsia- are intercellular parasites that need to be in living cells to reproduce.
The Latin name of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is Rickettsia rickettsii. It is otherwise known as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever or RMSF.
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How does the rocky mountain spotted fever organism result in disease & what are the virulence factors?
actually the Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is caused by a rickettsia, which is a type of bacteria
Get oawf.
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It is appropriate to shorten Rocky Mountain spotted fever to simply RMSF. It is a term used by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Rickettsia rickettsii is the bacteria responsible for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and is most commonly caused by a tick bite.
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Get oawf.
Yes
The CDC maintains a site: Rolling Up Our Sleeves to Fight Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, under the main CDC site.