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Spotted fever rickettsiosis

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Short description: Group of bacterial diseases
Eschar at site of tick or mite bite[1]

Spotted fever rickettsiosis, also known as spotted fever group rickettsia (SFGR), is a group of infections that include Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, Pacific Coast tick fever, and rickettsialpox.[2] The group of infections was created in 2010 as they are difficult to tell apart.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Signs and Symptoms". 2019-01-18. https://www.cdc.gov/otherspottedfever/symptoms/index.html. Retrieved 20 January 2019. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Epidemiology and Statistics Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF)" (in en-us). 26 October 2018. https://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/stats/index.html. Retrieved 19 January 2019. 



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