Tick-Borne Diseases, Relapsing Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Tick-Borne Diseases, Relapsing Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Overview: Relapsing fever is an acute febrile illness caused by spirochetes of the genus Borrelia. The high fevers of presenting patients spontaneously abate and then recur. This characteristic pattern of remission and relapse not only gives relapsing ...

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Tags: Emergency, Fever, Tickborne Disease, Lyme Disease, Disease and Condition, Emergency Medicine

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Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 4:28 am By:

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Relapsing fever is transmitted to humans by 2 vectors, ticks and lice. Learn about the symptoms. http://bit.ly/a8kLrF

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Tick-Borne Diseases, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), classically characterized by fever, myalgias, headache, and a petechial rash, is the most common fatal tick-borne disease in the United States. As one of the spotted fevers, it belongs to a ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Rocky Mountain spotted fever is the most common fatal tick-borne disease in the United States. Learn the symptoms. http://bit.ly/aVFivt

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Tick-Borne Diseases, Q Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: First described in 1935 by Derrick, Q fever is an acute infectious disease. Derrick investigated a cluster of febrile illnesses of unknown etiology in Australian abattoir workers and subsequently named the malady Q (for query) fever. ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Most commonly spread by means of inhalation or ingestion, Q fever can also be tick-borne. Learn more about Q fever. http://bit.ly/dAVKNG

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Tick-Borne Diseases, Colorado: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Colorado tick fever is a viral infection transmitted by the bite of the wood tick Dermacentor andersoni. The disease occurs almost exclusively in the western United States and Canada. A nonspecific febrile illness is the most ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 4:35 am By:

SusanS_Health Susan Scroggins Active Health Library and Health Advocate

Colorado tick fever is a viral infection transmitted by the bite of the wood tick Dermacentor andersoni. Symptom info. http://bit.ly/aHpavt

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