OBJECTIVE To determine what, if any, opportunity exists in using administrative medical claims data for supplemental reporting to the state infectious disease registry system. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cases of five tick-borne (Lyme disease (LD), babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), tularemia) and two mosquito-borne diseases (West Nile virus, La Crosse viral encephalitis...

This book is easy to read and understand both for the individual with a medical background and the informed layman; I would recommend it to both. It is meant to be read cover to cover, and it would be difficult to skim or browse in selected chapters as the story and its cast of characters unfold chronologically. The work is not meant to be a source book for a current understanding of RMSF, as t...

Among the rickettsioses, Q fever has specific pathological and clinical features which do not allow it to be reviewed in comparison with other rickettsioses. Arthropod-borne rickettsioses comprise three distinct disease groups: spotted fever rickettsioses, typhus, and scrub typhus. Among the spotted fever rickettsioses, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF), and...

A case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) is described, together with other cases of pyrexia whose occurrence originally gave the impression of a significant outbreak of the disease in a TA regiment after annual training in the USA. The role of the RMO is considered in such circumstances.

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In 1990, state health departments reported 649 cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) to CDC, a 7.6% increase from the 603 cases reported in 1989. The incidence rate was 0.26 per 100,000 persons. Of the 649 cases, 292 (45.0%) and 101 (15.6%) were reported from the South Atlantic and the West South Central regions, respectively.

The spotted fever group of Rickettsia consists of multiple species anging from microorganisms with unknown pathogenicity such s “Candidatus Rickettsia amblyommii” (hereafter R. amblyommii) o potentially lethal pathogens such as R. rickettsii, the causative gent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in humans. Rickttsia amblyommii is found mainly in ticks belonging to Amblyomma enus, and report...

Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) plays a primary role in regulating the activity of many signaling molecules. Increased FAK expression has been associated in a series of cellular processes like cell migration and survival. FAK inhibition by an anti cancer agent is critical. Therefore, it is of interest to identify, modify, design, improve and develop molecules to inhibit FAK. Solanesol is known to h...