Outbreaks of life-threatening Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans and dogs associated with a canine-tick maintenance cycle constitute an important One Health opportunity. The reality of the problem has been observed strikingly in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and Native American tribal lands in...
Author(s)
Walker, D. H.; Blanton, L. S.; Laroche, M.; Fang Rong; Narra, H. P.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
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Vaccines, 2022, 10, 10,
An outbreak of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) transmitted by the brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato) has emerged as a major human and animal health concern in Mexicali, Mexico. Due to high rates of brown dog tick infestation, susceptibility, and association with humans, dogs...
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López-Pérez, A. M.; Orozco, L.; Zazueta, O. E.; Fierro, M.; Gomez, P.; Foley, J.
Publisher
Public Library of Sciences (PLoS), San Francisco, USA
Citation
PLoS ONE, 2020, 15, 5,
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a significant health problem in Sonora, Mexico. The tick vector, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, feeds almost exclusively on domestic dogs that, in this region, also serve as the reservoir for the tick-borne pathogen, Rickettsia rickettsii. A process-based...
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Alvarez-Hernandez, G.; Villegas Trejo, A.; Ratti, V.; Teglas, M.; Wallace, D. I.
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Insects, 2022, 13, 3,
Portions of northern Mexico are experiencing a re-emergence of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), a tickborne disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, a member of the spotted fever group of rickettsiae (SFGR). Infection with R. rickettsii can result in serious and life-threatening illness in...
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Pieracci, E. G.; Perez de la Rosa, J. D.; Luna Rubio, D.; Solis Perales, M. E.; Velasco Contreras, M.; Drexler, N. A.; Nicholson, W. L.; Pérez de la Rosa, J. J.; Chung, I. H.; Kato, C.; Behravesh, C. B.; Enríquez, M. A. G.; González Roldan, J. F.; Villarino, M. E.
Publisher
Wiley, Berlin, Germany
Citation
Zoonoses and Public Health, 2019, 66, 8, pp 918-926
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a severe tick-borne rickettsial illness. In the south-western United States and Mexico, RMSF displays unique epidemiologic and ecologic characteristics, including Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (brown dog tick) as the primary vector. Expansion and spread...
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Yaglom, H. D.; Nicholson, W. L.; Casal, M.; Nieto, N. C.; Adams, L.
Publisher
Wiley, Berlin, Germany
Citation
Zoonoses and Public Health, 2018, 65, 8, pp 984-992
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a potentially fatal tick-borne disease in people and dogs. RMSF is reported in the United States and several countries in North, Central, and South America. The causative agent of this disease, Rickettsia rickettsii, is transmitted by several species of ticks, ...
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Alhassan, A.; Liu HuiTao; McGill, J.; Cerezo, A.; Jakkula, L. U. M. R.; Nair, A. D. S.; Winkley, E.; Olson, S.; Marlow, D.; Sahni, A.; Narra, H. P.; Sahni, S.; Henningson, J.; Ganta, R. R.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Washington, D.C., USA
Citation
Infection and Immunity, 2019, 87, 2, pp e00628-18
An epidemic of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is ongoing in Mexicali, México. We visited 100 neighborhoods with diagnosed human cases and 100 control neighborhoods to evaluate knowledge of the epidemic; obtain data on the spatial distribution of dogs, canine seroprevalence and active...
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Foley, J.; Tinoco-Gracia, L.; Rodriguez-Lomelí, M.; Estrada-Guzmán, J.; Fierro, M.; Mattar-Lopez, E.; Peterson, A.; Pascoe, E.; Gonzalez, Y.; Hori-Oshima, S.; Armstrong, P. A.; Lopez, G.; Jacome-Ibarra, M.; Paddock, C. D.; Zazueta, O. E.
Publisher
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Deerfield, USA
Citation
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019, 101, 1, pp 22-32
Background: Dogs are vulnerable to pathogens transmitted by brown dog ticks. An epidemic of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is underway in Mexicali, a Mexican city bordering California affecting people and dogs; several human cases have been reported in California residents who travelled to...
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Estrada, I.; Balagot, C.; Fierro, M.; Kriner, P.; Iniguez-Stevens, E.; Kjemtrup, A.; Foley, J.
Publisher
Wiley, Berlin, Germany
Citation
Zoonoses and Public Health, 2020, 67, 2, pp 148-155
Throughout North America, Dermacentor spp. ticks are often found feeding on animals and humans, and are known to transmit pathogens, including the Rocky Mountain spotted fever agent. To better define the identity and distribution of Dermacentor spp. removed from dogs and cats in the United States,...
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Duncan, K. T.; Saleh, M. N.; Sundstrom, K. D.; Little, S. E.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Journal of Medical Entomology, 2021, 58, 3, pp 1241-1247
With the close relationship between people and animals, zoonosis take an even more important role in public health. Among the main zoonoses can be highlighted rabies, leishmaniasis, canine brucellosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, toxoplasmosis and leptospirosis wich have different epidemiological ...
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Lima, M. de C. F.; Mittestainer, J. C.; Rocha, P. B. da; Carvalho, E. R. de; Verotti, B. do P.; Pellicciari, P. R.; Victoria, C.; Langoni, H.
Publisher
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, Brazil
Citation
Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2017, 24, 1, pp 84-106