Colorado Tick Fever
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This is a viral infection (a type of retrovirus) that is transmitted by the bite of a certain species of tick (Drmacentor andersoni).
Colorado tick fever
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Colorado tick fever is an acute viral infection spread by the bite of the Dermacentor andersoni wood tick.
Colorado Tick Fever (CTF) is an acute viral infection transmitted from the bite of an infected wood tick . It should not be confused with the bacterial tick-borne infection, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
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Alternate Names : Mountain tick fever, Mountain fever, American mountain fever
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Colorado tick fever is caused by the Colorado tick fever virus. Humans can get the virus through the bite of an infected tick. The Rocky Mountain wood tick is the principal carrier of the Colorado tick virus in the US.
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Review Date: 09/28/2008
Reviewed By: Linda Vorvick, MD, Seattle Site Coordinator, Lecturer, Pathophysiology, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M.
Colorado tick fever is most prevalent in the Rocky Mountain states, California, and Oregon. Symptoms begin suddenly 3-6 days following the tick bite and include fever, headache, and flulike symptoms.
Colorado tick fever (CTF) is an acute viral infection that is spread by the bite of ticks that have fed on the blood of infected animals such as rodents, birds, and some larger mammals.
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The body of the tick will be above your skin. Do not grab the tick around its bloated belly. You might push infected fluid from the tick into your body if you squeeze it.
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Tick bites also can be the cause of other illnesses, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Colorado tick fever, ehrlichiosis and tick paralysis. See your doctor if you have any tick bite that concerns you.
Tick-borne diseases include Lyme disease, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, southern tick-associated rash illness, tularemia, tick-borne relapsing fever, anaplasmosis, Colorado tick fever, Powassan encephalitis, and Q fever.
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