The infection itself is caused by the Rickettsia rickettsii parasite. Rocky Mountain spotted fever was first identified in the Rocky Mountains of the United States, and it is frequently found ...

BACKGROUND Rickettsia is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that causes various diseases, including epidemic typhus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and Mediterranean spotted fever. Ticks transmit these ...

Credit: Marcelo Labruna, University of São Paulo The ticks that carry R. rickettsii, the bacterium that causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever, prefer to feast on free-roaming dogs in Mexico and on ...

Emil C Reisinger is a Full Professor of Medicine, Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine and Dean of Students Affairs at Rostock University ...