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Volume 30, Number 11—November 2024
Synopsis

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Children along the US‒Mexico Border, 2017–2023

Leslie Chiang1Comments to Author , Nanda Ramchandar, Jacquelyn Aramkul, Yaron Fireizen, Mark E. Beatty, Madeleine Monroe, Seema Shah, Jennifer Foley, and Nicole G. Coufal
Author affiliation: University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA (L. Chiang, N. Ramchandar, Y. Fireizen, J. Foley, N.G. Coufal); Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego (N. Ramchandar); Rady Children’s Hospital of San Diego, San Diego (N. Ramchandar, Y. Fireizen, J. Foley, N.G. Coufal); County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, San Diego (J. Aramkul, M.E. Beatty, M. Monroe, S. Shah)

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Table

Epidemiologic details for 7 cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever at the US–Mexico border among children treated at Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California, USA

Case Age/sex Month of illness Residence Travel to/within Baja California, Mexico, in 14 d preceding admission History of tick bite History of other animal exposure
1 5 y/M April Tecate, Mexico Primary residence in Tecate, Mexico Yes Dogs
2 10 y/F June Calexico, CA, USA To Ensenada, Mexico No Goats, pigs
3 7 y/M February San Diego, CA, USA None No Dogs
4 14 y/F October Mexicali, Mexico Primary residence in Mexicali, Mexico Yes Dogs
5 10 y/F July El Centro, USA To Mexicali, Mexico No Dogs
6 17 mo/M August El Cajon, USA To Tecate, Mexico No Dogs
7 4 y/M June Alpine, CA, USA None No Cats, chickens

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1Current affiliation: University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.

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