ALLMedicine™ Colorado Tick Fever Center

Jul 5th, 2021 - Colorado tick fever virus (CTFV) belongs to the genus Coltivirus of the Reoviridae family, and it is the causative agent of Colorado tick fever. Symptoms of the infection are characterized by sudden biphasic fever, headache, and petechial rash, wh...

May 1st, 2020 - Tickborne diseases that affect patients in the United States include Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, tularemia, Colorado tick fever, and tickborne relapsing fever. Tickborne diseases are i...

Aug 5th, 2019 - Background Colorado tick fever is a viral infection transmitted by the bite of the tick Dermacentor andersoni. The disease occurs almost exclusively in the western United States and southwestern[1] Canada. A nonspecific febrile illness is the most...

Aug 5th, 2019 - Background Colorado tick fever is a viral infection transmitted by the bite of the tick Dermacentor andersoni. The disease occurs almost exclusively in the western United States and southwestern [1] Canada. A nonspecific febrile illness is the mos...

Apr 3rd, 2019 - The Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni, has long been known to transmit human pathogens. Within the Bitterroot Valley, Ravalli County, Montana, these agents include Rickettsia rickettsii, Francisella tularensis, and Colorado tick feve...

Sep 23rd, 2019 - Ticks can carry and transmit a remarkable array of pathogens, including bacteria, spirochetes, rickettsiae, protozoa, viruses, nematodes, and toxins. A single tick bite can transmit multiple pathogens, a phenomenon that has led to atypical present...

Sep 23rd, 2019 - Ticks can carry and transmit a remarkable array of pathogens, including bacteria, spirochetes, rickettsiae, protozoa, viruses, nematodes, and toxins. A single tick bite can transmit multiple pathogens, a phenomenon that has led to atypical present...

Sep 23rd, 2019 - Ticks can carry and transmit a remarkable array of pathogens, including bacteria, spirochetes, rickettsiae, protozoa, viruses, nematodes, and toxins. A single tick bite can transmit multiple pathogens, a phenomenon that has led to atypical present...

Sep 9th, 2015 - West Nile virus (WNV) was the most common arbovirus infection reported in the United States in 2014, according to data reported in the latest issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Although the incidence of WNV neuroinvasive disease w...