Philip Harber - Storming Media

Activation of the Kallikrein-Kinin System in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever,

29 JUL 1977

Authors: Tadataka Yamada; Philip Harber; George W. Pettit; David A. Wing; Charles N. Oster; ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FREDERICK MD

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Laboratory-Acquired Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: The Hazard of Aerosol Transmission.

28 APR 1977

Authors: Charles N. Oster; Donald S. Burke; Richard H. Kenyon; Michael S. Ascher; Philip Harber; ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FREDERICK MD

Nine patients with laboratory-acquired Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) were seen during the period 1971-1976. Investigation of each case revealed either definite or probable exposure to an aerosol containing infectious rickettsiae; in no case was there evidence of parenteral exposure either by accidental self-inoculation or by tick bite. These illnesses are believed to represent RMSF acquired via the respiratory route; this report emphasizes the aerosol hazard of Rickettsia rickettsii in ...