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Colorado Tick Fever

Colorado Tick Fever Abstract Each year Americans engage in more and more travel, with the result that illnesses that were formerly primarily of interest to only one geographic area of the country now must be recognized by physicians in areas far removed from the site where the disease may have been acquired. The purpose of this paper is to call attention to Colorado tick fever, a relatively common acute infectious disease with a characteristic doublehumped intermittent fever, present throughout much of the western part of the United States, and the only tick-transmitted virus infection of man occurring in the Western hemisphere. Despite the relative frequency of this disease, it is surprising that it was not recognized as a specific disease entity until well into the 20th century. It would appear to have been a disease of the white man since he first came to the Rocky Mountain region and probably was present among the References 1. Ewing: Mountain Fever , St. Louis M. & S. J. 13:109, 1855. 2. Smart, C.: On Mountain Fever and Malarious Waters , Am. J.M. Sc. 17:17, 1878.Crossref 3. Hoff, J. V. R.: Typho-Malarial Fever, the So-Called "Mountain" Fever of the Rocky Mountain Region , Am. J.M. Sc. 79:38, 1880.Crossref 4. Huber, L.: The So-Called Mountain-Fever of Colorado and Adjacent Regions: Its Description and Treatment , M. News 57:278, 1890. 5. Work, H.: "Mountain Fever," M. News 62: 376, 1893. 6. Kieffer, C. F.: Intermittent Tick Fever: Preliminary Report on a New Type of Fever Due to Tick Bite (Ixodiases) , J.A.M.A. 48:1154, 1907.Crossref 7. Becker, F. E.: Tick-Borne Infections in Colorado: I. The Diagnosis and Management of Infections Transmitted by Wood Tick , Colorado Med. 27:36, 1930. 8. Becker, F. E.: Tick-Borne Infections in Colorado: II. A Survey of the Occurrence of Infections Transmitted by the Wood Tick , Colorado Med. 27:87, 1930. 9. Toomey, N.: Mountain Fever and Spotted Fever of the Rocky Mountains: Clinical Studies , Ann. Int. Med. 5:585, 1931.Crossref 10. Toomey, N.: American Mountain Tick-Fever and Spotted Fever of the Rocky Mountains: Comparative Epidemography , Ann. Int. Med. 5: 601, 1931.Crossref 11. Topping, N. H.; Cullyford, J. S., and Davis, G. E.: Colorado Tick Fever , U.S. Pub. Health Rep. 55:2224, 1940. 12. Florio, L., and Stewart, M. O.: Colorado Tick Fever , Am. J. Pub. Health 37:293, 1947.Crossref 13. Florio, L.; Stewart, M. O., and Mugrage, E. R.: The Etiology of Colorado Tick Fever , J. Exper. Med. 83:1, 1946.Crossref 14. Florio, L.; Mugrage, E. R., and Stewart, M. O.: Colorado Tick Fever , Ann. Int. Med. 25: 466, 1946.Crossref 15. Florio, L.; Miller, M. S., and Mugrage, E. R.: Colorado Tick Fever: Isolation of the Virus from Dermacentor Andersoni in Nature and a Laboratory Study of the Transmission of the Virus in the Tick , J. Immunol. 64:257, 1950. 16. Florio, L.; Stewart, M. O., and Mugrage, E. R.: Experimental Transmission of Colorado Tick Fever , J. Exper. Med. 80:165, 1944.Crossref 17. Florio, L.; Miller, M. S., and Mugrage, E. R.: Colorado Tick Fever: Recovery of Virus from Human Cerebrospinal Fluid , J. Infect. Dis. 91:285, 1952.Crossref 18. Eklund, C. M.; Kohls, G. M., and Brennan, J. M.: Distribution of Colorado Tick Fever and Virus-Carrying Ticks , J.A.M.A. 157:335, 1955.Crossref 19. Meiklejohn, G.: Unpublished data. 20. Koprowski, H., and Cox, H. R.: Adaptation of Colorado Tick Fever Virus to Mouse and Developing Chick Embryo , Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 62:320, 1946. 21. Koprowski, H., and Cox, H. R.: Colorado Tick Fever: II. Studies on Chick Embryo Adapted Virus , J. Immunol. 57:255, 1947. 22. Florio, L., and Miller, M. S.: Epidemiology of Colorado Tick Fever , Am. J. Pub. Health 38: 211, 1948. 23. Toomey, N.: American Mountain Tick Fever: Semiography and Nosology with Remarks on Pathology and Treatment , Ann. Int. Med. 5: 912, 1932.Crossref 24. Drevets, C. C.: Colorado Tick Fever: Observations on 18 Cases and Review of the Literature , J. Kansas M. Soc. 58:448, 1957. 25. Florio, L., and Stewart, M. O.: The Etiology of Colorado Tick Fever and an Immunological Comparison to Dengue , Rocky Mountain M.J. 44:129, 1947. 26. Florio, L.; Hammon, W. M.; Laurent, A., and Stewart, M. O.: Colorado Tick Fever and Dengue: An Experimental Immunological and Clinical Comparison , J. Exper. Med. 83:295, 1946.Crossref 27. Koprowski, H.; Cox, H. R.; Miller, M. S., and Florio, L.: Response of Man to Egg-Adapted Colorado Tick Fever Virus , Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 74:126, 1950. 28. Fitz, R. H., and Meiklejohn, G.: Colorado Tick Fever , Postgrad Med. 23:113, 1958. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Diseases of Children American Medical Association

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Abstract Each year Americans engage in more and more travel, with the result that illnesses that were formerly primarily of interest to only one geographic area of the country now must be recognized by physicians in areas far removed from the site where the disease may have been acquired. The purpose of this paper is to call attention to Colorado tick fever, a relatively common acute infectious disease with a characteristic doublehumped intermittent fever, present throughout much of the western part of the United States, and the only tick-transmitted virus infection of man occurring in the Western hemisphere. Despite the relative frequency of this disease, it is surprising that it was not recognized as a specific disease entity until well into the 20th century. It would appear to have been a disease of the white man since he first came to the Rocky Mountain region and probably was present among the References 1. Ewing: Mountain Fever , St. Louis M. & S. J. 13:109, 1855. 2. Smart, C.: On Mountain Fever and Malarious Waters , Am. J.M. Sc. 17:17, 1878.Crossref 3. Hoff, J. V. R.: Typho-Malarial Fever, the So-Called "Mountain" Fever of the Rocky Mountain Region , Am. J.M. Sc. 79:38, 1880.Crossref 4. Huber, L.: The So-Called Mountain-Fever of Colorado and Adjacent Regions: Its Description and Treatment , M. News 57:278, 1890. 5. Work, H.: "Mountain Fever," M. News 62: 376, 1893. 6. Kieffer, C. F.: Intermittent Tick Fever: Preliminary Report on a New Type of Fever Due to Tick Bite (Ixodiases) , J.A.M.A. 48:1154, 1907.Crossref 7. Becker, F. E.: Tick-Borne Infections in Colorado: I. The Diagnosis and Management of Infections Transmitted by Wood Tick , Colorado Med. 27:36, 1930. 8. Becker, F. E.: Tick-Borne Infections in Colorado: II. A Survey of the Occurrence of Infections Transmitted by the Wood Tick , Colorado Med. 27:87, 1930. 9. Toomey, N.: Mountain Fever and Spotted Fever of the Rocky Mountains: Clinical Studies , Ann. Int. Med. 5:585, 1931.Crossref 10. Toomey, N.: American Mountain Tick-Fever and Spotted Fever of the Rocky Mountains: Comparative Epidemography , Ann. Int. Med. 5: 601, 1931.Crossref 11. Topping, N. H.; Cullyford, J. S., and Davis, G. E.: Colorado Tick Fever , U.S. Pub. Health Rep. 55:2224, 1940. 12. Florio, L., and Stewart, M. O.: Colorado Tick Fever , Am. J. Pub. Health 37:293, 1947.Crossref 13. Florio, L.; Stewart, M. O., and Mugrage, E. R.: The Etiology of Colorado Tick Fever , J. Exper. Med. 83:1, 1946.Crossref 14. Florio, L.; Mugrage, E. R., and Stewart, M. O.: Colorado Tick Fever , Ann. Int. Med. 25: 466, 1946.Crossref 15. Florio, L.; Miller, M. S., and Mugrage, E. R.: Colorado Tick Fever: Isolation of the Virus from Dermacentor Andersoni in Nature and a Laboratory Study of the Transmission of the Virus in the Tick , J. Immunol. 64:257, 1950. 16. Florio, L.; Stewart, M. O., and Mugrage, E. R.: Experimental Transmission of Colorado Tick Fever , J. Exper. Med. 80:165, 1944.Crossref 17. Florio, L.; Miller, M. S., and Mugrage, E. R.: Colorado Tick Fever: Recovery of Virus from Human Cerebrospinal Fluid , J. Infect. Dis. 91:285, 1952.Crossref 18. Eklund, C. M.; Kohls, G. M., and Brennan, J. M.: Distribution of Colorado Tick Fever and Virus-Carrying Ticks , J.A.M.A. 157:335, 1955.Crossref 19. Meiklejohn, G.: Unpublished data. 20. Koprowski, H., and Cox, H. R.: Adaptation of Colorado Tick Fever Virus to Mouse and Developing Chick Embryo , Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 62:320, 1946. 21. Koprowski, H., and Cox, H. R.: Colorado Tick Fever: II. Studies on Chick Embryo Adapted Virus , J. Immunol. 57:255, 1947. 22. Florio, L., and Miller, M. S.: Epidemiology of Colorado Tick Fever , Am. J. Pub. Health 38: 211, 1948. 23. Toomey, N.: American Mountain Tick Fever: Semiography and Nosology with Remarks on Pathology and Treatment , Ann. Int. Med. 5: 912, 1932.Crossref 24. Drevets, C. C.: Colorado Tick Fever: Observations on 18 Cases and Review of the Literature , J. Kansas M. Soc. 58:448, 1957. 25. Florio, L., and Stewart, M. O.: The Etiology of Colorado Tick Fever and an Immunological Comparison to Dengue , Rocky Mountain M.J. 44:129, 1947. 26. Florio, L.; Hammon, W. M.; Laurent, A., and Stewart, M. O.: Colorado Tick Fever and Dengue: An Experimental Immunological and Clinical Comparison , J. Exper. Med. 83:295, 1946.Crossref 27. Koprowski, H.; Cox, H. R.; Miller, M. S., and Florio, L.: Response of Man to Egg-Adapted Colorado Tick Fever Virus , Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 74:126, 1950. 28. Fitz, R. H., and Meiklejohn, G.: Colorado Tick Fever , Postgrad Med. 23:113, 1958.

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