Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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Also Known As	São Paulo fever

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typhus Rickettsia rickettsii Amblyomma cajennense Rocky Mountain wood tick lone star tick American dog tick fever tick boutonneuse fever zoonotic disease rabies malaria tuberculosis plague Ebola bird flu anthrax tularemia mpox Lyme disease

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Howard T. Ricketts

American pathologist

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