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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Persons with Tickborne Relapsing Fever -- Three States, 2004-2005. (cover story)
Document Type
Article
Source
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report. 10/19/2007, Vol. 56 Issue 41, p1073-1076. 4p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
Subject
*ADULT respiratory distress syndrome
*TICK-borne diseases
*FEVER
*OLDER women
Language
ISSN
0149-2195
Abstract
The article reports on cases of acute respiratory distress syndrome in persons with tickborne relapsing fever in the U.S. from 2004 to 2005. The first case was reported in Nevada on February 17, 2005. A 46-year-old woman from Washoe County, Nevada had onset of nonspecific leg pain which progressed to generalized myalgia. Another case was reported in California on April 12, 2005. A 43-year-old woman had onset of lethargy and myalgia. A third case involved a 40-year-old woman who presented with myalgia, arthralgia, nausea, vomiting and headache.