| 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, and coahuila. these investigators also described the pivotal roles of domesticated dogs and rhipiceph ... | 2017 | 28365226 |