Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever -- Mexico
"Since 2008, a large epidemic of Rocky Mountain spotted fever has been emerging among humans and dogs in Mexicali, adjacent to the United States in Baja California, Mexico. We molecularly confirmed the causative agent; this information can be used to study the origin and dynamics of the epidemic.
"Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), caused by the bacteria _Rickettsia rickettsii_, is responsible for more human deaths than any other tickborne disease in North America (1). During 1999-2007, a
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