ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER ON LONG ISLAND
Authors: J K MILLER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Article1 December 1950ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER ON LONG ISLANDJOHN K. MILLER, M.D.JOHN K. MILLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-6-1398 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe conquest of bacterial incitants of disease has been so successful that medical research is being directed more to viral and rickettsial diseases. Agents in these latter infections are not only complex because of their ultra-microscopic size and obligate parasitic enzyme systems, but some are transmitted by arthropod vectors. Thus, they are influenced by their ecology. An endemic focus of Rocky Mountain spotted fever has been known to exist on Long Island since 1912 and has remained limited to the island. It has afforded an opportunity to study an arthropod-borne disease.Rocky Mountain spotted fever is an acute infectious disease...Bibliography1. CollinsNardyGlasgow DLRVRD: Some host relationships of Long Island ticks, J. Econ. Entomol. 42: 110-112, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Ricketts HT: Further experiments with the wood-tick in relation to Rocky Mountain spotted fever, J.A.M.A. 49: 1278-1281, 1907. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Maver MB: Transmission of spotted fever by other than Montana and Idaho ticks, J. Infect. Dis. 8: 322-326, 1911. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. ParkerPhilipJellison RRCBWL: Rocky Mountain spotted fever: potentialities of tick transmission in relation to geographical occurrence in the United States, Am. J. Trop. Med. 13: 341-379, 1933. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Miller JK: Field survey of an endemic focus of Rocky Mountain spotted fever on Long Island. New York State Department of Health, Division of Laboratories and Research, Annual Report, 1947, p. 39-42; 1948, p. 38-42. Google Scholar6. Ricketts HT: Some aspects of Rocky Mountain spotted fever as shown by recent investigations, M. Rec. 76: 843-855, 1909. Google Scholar7. Davis BF: Unfinished experiments of Dr. Howard T. Ricketts on Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Contributions to Medical Science, by Howard Taylor Ricketts, 1870-1910, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1911, pp. 409-418. Google Scholar8. HunterBishopp WDFC: The Rocky Mountain spotted fever tick, U. S. Depart. Agriculture, Entomology Bull. no. 105, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1911. Google Scholar9. Parker RR: Personal communication, March 26, 1949. Google Scholar10. Travassos J: Résultats des inoculations experimentales sériées du virus du "typhus exanthématique de Sao Paulo" a la sarigue marsupiale (Didelphis aurita), Compt. rend. Soc. de biol. 126: 1049-1053, 1937. Google Scholar11. Van Dine DL: Report of trip to investigate reported occurrence of Rocky Mountain spotted fever on Gardiner's Island, N. Y., August 1913. In files of the Division of Communicable Diseases, New York State Department of Health, Albany. Google Scholar12. Records of the Town of East Hampton from 1714 to date. Google Scholar13. Records of the Town of Southampton from 1700 to date. Google Scholar14. Newspaper clippings, Morton C. Pennypacker Collection, Library, East Hampton, Long Island. Google Scholar15. Mr. Bunn, Shinnecock Indian, Southampton, Long Island, 84 years old. Google Scholar16. Mr. Samuel Hedges, East Hampton, Long Island, 79 years old. Google Scholar17. East Hampton Star, December 21, 1928, 44: 2. Google Scholar18. Davis LB: Clinical experiences in eastern spotted fever, New York State J. Med. 47: 1581-1584, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar19. SmithColeGouck CNMMHK: Biology and control of the American dog tick, U. S. Dept. Agriculture, Technical Bull. no. 905, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1946. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Albany, New York*Presented at the Thirty-first Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Boston, Mass., April 18, 1950.From the Division of Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byFatal Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in the United States, 1999–2007Detection of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in Adult and Nymphal Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) Ticks from Long Island, New YorkRocky Mountain spotted fever on Long IslandÄtiologie und Epidemiologie der Rickettsiosen des Menschen 1 December 1950Volume 33, Issue 6Page: 1398-1406KeywordsBacterial diseasesEcologyEnzymesInfectious diseasesParasitic diseasesResearch laboratoriesRocky Mountain spotted feverViral diseases Issue Published: 1 December 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...