Tick-Borne Diseases, Tularemia: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Tick-Borne Diseases, Tularemia: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Overview: First described in Japan in 1837, tularemia is an infectious disease caused by the gram-negative pleomorphic bacterium, Francisella tularensis. The disease name relates to the description in 1911 of a plaguelike illness in ground squirrels in ...

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Tags: Emergency, Infectious Disease, Infection, Tularemia, Tickborne Disease, Disease and Condition, Emergency Medicine

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A few hundred cases of tularemia are reported annually in the United States and the frequency is declining. http://bit.ly/cZntj9

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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:

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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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Tick-Borne Diseases, Relapsing Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “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 ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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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, Ehrlichiosis: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: In the past 10 years in the United States, 3 emerging tick-borne diseases caused by the obligate intracellular bacteria of the genus Ehrlichia have been recognized. Human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) was first described in 1986 and ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Ehrlichiosis (disease from tick bites) is a seasonal disease observed mainly from April to September. Learn more. http://bit.ly/aRMIDS

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Tick-Borne Diseases, Introduction: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: to Tick-Borne Diseases Ticks are excellent vectors for disease transmission.1 More than 800 species of these obligate blood-sucking creatures inhabit the planet. They are second only to mosquitoes as vectors of human disease, both infectious and ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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In North America, a variety of diseases are caused by tick bites. Learn more about tick-borne disease. http://bit.ly/b3bcjn

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Babesiosis: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Babesiosis is an intraerythrocytic parasitic infection caused by protozoa of the genus Babesia and transmitted through the bite of the Ixodes tick, the same vector responsible for transmission of Lyme disease. While most cases are tick-borne, ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Babesiosis is a parasitic infection that is caused by a specific type of tick bite. Learn more about babesiosis. http://bit.ly/9bys6n

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