COLORADO TICK FEVER

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Article1 September 1946COLORADO TICK FEVERLLOYD FLORIO, M.D., Dr. P.H., EDWARD R. MUGRAGE, M.D., F.A.C.P., MABEL O. STEWARTLLOYD FLORIO, M.D., Dr. P.H.Search for more papers by this author, EDWARD R. MUGRAGE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, MABEL O. STEWARTSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-25-3-466 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONIn 1930 Becker1described a disease he called Colorado tick fever, which up to that time had been assumed to be a mild form of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The only experimental basis for this differentiation was that he could not obtain symptoms nor the typical scrotal reaction of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in guinea pigs following inoculation of blood from these cases. In 1940 Topping, Cullyford and Davis2undertook a systematic study of Colorado tick fever. They found it to be apparently associated with the bite of the wood tick,Dermacentor andersoniStiles as postulated by Becker, but...Bibliography1. BECKER FE: Tick-borne infections in Colorado, Colorado Med., 1930, xxvii, 36, 87. Google Scholar2. TOPPINGCULLYFORDDAVIS NHJSGE: Colorado tick fever, Pub. Health Rep., U.S.P.H.S., 1940, lv, 2224. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. FLORIOSTEWARTMUGRAGE LMOER: The experimental transmission of Colorado tick fever, Jr. Exper. Med., 1944, lxxx, 165. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Unpublished data. Google Scholar5. Personal communications. Google Scholar6. SHAFFER FC: Personal experiences with Colorado tick fever, Colorado Med., 1935, xxxii, 226. Google Scholar7. FLORIOHAMMONLAURENTSTEWART LWMAMO: Colorado tick fever and dengue. An experimental immunological and clinical comparison, Jr. Exper. Med., 1946, lxxxiii, 295. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. STEWARTFLORIOMUGRAGE MOLER: Hematological findings in the golden hamster, Jr. Exper. Med., 1944, lxxx, 189. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. BLACKFLORIOSTEWART WCLMO: A histologic study of the reaction in the hamster spleen produced by Colorado tick fever virus, Am. Jr. Path. In press. Google Scholar10. FLORIOSTEWARTMUGRAGE LMOER: The etiology of Colorado tick fever, Jr. Exper. Med., 1946, lxxxiii, 1. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Denver, Colorado*Read at the Twenty-Seventh Annual Session, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, May 13-17, 1946.From the Department of Public Health and Laboratory Diagnosis, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTick-Borne Viruses of North AmericaA novel Coltivirus-related virus isolated from free-tailed bats from Côte d’Ivoire is able to infect human cells in vitroORBIVIRUSES, COLTIVIRUSES, AND SEADORNAVIRUSESViral exanthemsOrbivirusesColorado Tick Fever: Clinical, Epidemiologic, and Laboratory Aspects of 228 Cases in Colorado in 1973-1974HEWITT C. GOODPASTURE, M.D., JACK D. POLAND, M.D., D. BRUCE FRANCY, Ph.D., G. STEPHEN BOWEN, M.D., KENNETH A. HORN, M.D.Arbor-Viren (durch Arthropoden übertragbare Viren)Viral EncephalitisDie psychischen Störungen bei Infektions- und TropenkrankheitenColorado Tick Fever 1 September 1946Volume 25, Issue 3Page: 466-472KeywordsBloodFeversGuinea pigsInoculationPrevention, policy, and public healthResearch laboratoriesRocky Mountain spotted feverTicks ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...