Rocky Mountain spotted fever encephalitis: MR findings.

Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Mexico: past, present, and future.

Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a tick-borne zoonosis caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, is among the most lethal of all infectious diseases in the Americas. In Mexico, the disease was first described during the early 1940s by scientists who carefully documented specific environmental determinants responsible for devastating outbreaks in several communities in the states of Sinaloa, Sonora, Durango...

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Children *

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is typically undifferentiated from many other infections in the first few days of illness. Treatment should not be delayed pending confirmation of infection when Rocky Mountain spotted fever is suspected. Doxycycline is the drug of choice even for infants and children less than 8 years old.

[Complications and cause of death in mexican children with rocky mountain spotted fever].

BACKGROUND Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a life threatening disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsia, characterized by multisystem involvement. METHODS We studied 19 dead children with Rocky Mountain spotted fever. All children who were suspected of having rickettsial infections were defined as having Rocky Mountain spotted fever by serology test and clinical features. Through the analysis o...

840Neurologic Manifestations of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Children and Adults

Network Coding and Reliable Communications

Visiting Scientists and Research Affiliates Mr. Toshihito Fujiki (Sony Corporation) Ms. Nadia Fawaz (Eurecom./ Supelec) Professor Joao Barros (University of Porto) Mr. Gerhard Maierbacher (University of Porto) Ms. Luisa Lima (University of Porto) Mr. Danail Traskov (Technical University of Munich) Mr. Paulo Vasco Falcao Martins De Oliveira (University of Porto) Mr. Babak Anthony Nazer (Unoversi...