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Infectious disease. Colorado tick fever (CTF) is a viral infection ( Coltivirus) transmitted from the bite of an infected Rocky Mountain wood tick ( Dermacentor andersoni ). It should not be confused with the bacterial tick-borne infection, Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Colorado tick fever is probably the same disease that American pioneers ...
The 1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak was an outbreak of hantavirus that caused the first known human cases of hantavirus disease in the United States. It occurred within the Four Corners region – the geographic intersection of the U.S. states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona – of the Southwestern United States in mid-1993.
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Lyme disease. West Nile virus disease. ... “The ticks that carry lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and similar diseases usually have about a two-year life cycle,’’ said Beard. “So ...
Rocky Mountain spotted fever ( RMSF) is a bacterial disease spread by ticks. [ 9] It typically begins with a fever and headache, which is followed a few days later with the development of a rash. [ 3] The rash is generally made up of small spots of bleeding and starts on the wrists and ankles. [ 10]
A viral disease (or viral infection) occurs when an organism's body is invaded by pathogenic viruses, and infectious virus particles (virions) attach to and enter susceptible cells. [ 1] Examples are the common cold, gastroenteritis and pneumonia. [ 2]
Virology. Bourbon virus is a type of thogotovirus, which is in the RNA virus family Orthomyxoviridae. The virus particles show different morphologies, including filamentous and roughly spherical forms, and have projections from the surface. The spherical virions have a range of diameters, with broadly 100–130 nm being common.
Powassan encephalitis, caused by the Powassan virus (POWV), a flavivirus also known as the deer tick virus, is a form of arbovirus infection that results from tick bites. It can occur as a co-infection with Lyme disease, as both are transmitted to humans by the same species of tick. [ 1] Over the last decade, there has been a surge in the ...