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The transmission of Rocky Mountain spotted fever by the bite of the wood-tick (Dermacentor occidentalis).
Publication Details
J. Amer. med. Assoc., 47, 358. 1906 CE.
Ricketts (who himself died of typhus) demonstrated that the wood tick Dermacentor andersoni is a vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #5378 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/7054 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | the-transmission-of-rocky-mountain-spotted-fever-by-the-bite-of-the-woodtick-dermacentor-occidentalis |