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MeSH Heading: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.400.789.725.400.500; C01.920.930.887.500
Unique ID: D012373
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012373
Annotation: caused by Rickettsia rickettsii; for X ref, in titles & translations use diacrit: São Paulo
Scope Note: An acute febrile illness caused by RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII. It is transmitted to humans by bites of infected ticks and occurs only in North and South America. Characteristics include a sudden onset with headache and chills and fever lasting about two to three weeks. A cutaneous rash commonly appears on the extremities and trunk about the fourth day of illness.
Entry Term(s): Brazilian Spotted Fever; Rickettsia rickettsii Infection; Sao Paulo Typhus; Typhus, Sao Paulo
NLM Classification #: WC 620
History Note: SAO PAULO TYPHUS was see under ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER 1963-76
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/06/13

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0019235
Scope Note: An acute febrile illness caused by RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII. It is transmitted to humans by bites of infected ticks and occurs only in North and South America. Characteristics include a sudden onset with headache and chills and fever lasting about two to three weeks. A cutaneous rash commonly appears on the extremities and trunk about the fourth day of illness.
Terms: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Preferred Term
Term UI T036822
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Rickettsia rickettsii Infection
Term UI T000908731
Date10/04/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Sao Paulo Typhus
Term UI T036823
Date05/08/1976
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Typhus, Sao Paulo
Term UI T036824
Date02/28/1991
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Brazilian Spotted Fever
Term UI T000908730
Date10/04/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018)

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