RICKETTS, Howard Taylor (1871 – 1910)
1871 – 1910
5 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1906 CE
#2564
Infection, immunity and serum therapy.
1906 CE
#5378
The transmission of Rocky Mountain spotted fever by the bite of the wood-tick (Dermacentor occidentalis).
Ricketts (who himself died of typhus) demonstrated that the wood tick Dermacentor andersoni is a vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
1909 CE
#5379
A micro-organism which apparently has a specific relationship to Rocky Mountain spotted fever. A preliminary report.
Description of the causal organism, in blood smears.
1910 CE
#5380.1
The etiology of the typhus fever (tabardillo) of Mexico City. A further preliminary report.
Demonstration of the causal organism of typhus.
1910 CE
#5380
The relation of typhus fever (tabardillo) to Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
Ricketts and Wilder differentiated Rocky Mountain spotted fever and typhus.