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Top Authors

Marc Traeger
Indian Health Service
Holly M. Biggs
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Christopher D. Paddock
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gerardo Álvarez-Hernández
Universidad de Sonora
J. Stephen Dumler
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rebecca J. Eisen
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Janet E. Foley
University of California, Davis
Lucas S. Blanton
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Naomi A. Drexler
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ted Hackstadt
Rocky Mountain Research (United States)

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The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Galveston, United States

28 papers
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Office of Infectious Diseases

Atlanta, United States

12 papers
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Mayo Clinic in Arizona

Scottsdale, United States

8 papers

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    Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy for Cerebral Vasculitis Associated with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.

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    Brain Death Secondary to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Encephalitis.

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    Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever from Enhanced Surveillance, Sonora, Mexico: 2015-2018.

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    Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Outbreak, Panama.

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    Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Masquerading as Gastroenteritis: A Common but Overlooked Clinical Presentation.

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    Impact of a Severe Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Case on Treatment Practices at an Academic Institution Within a Nonendemic Area.

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    Case Report: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever with Adrenalectomy and a Hard-to-Find Tick.

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    Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever among Physicians in a Highly Endemic Region-Mexicali, Mexico.

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