“The pathogen (Rickettsia rickettsii) can be transmitted by brown dog ticks (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) which are closely associated with domestic dogs in urban and peri-urban environments ...

All those infected had caught the disease after exposure to the bacteria Rickettsia rickettsii via ticks in Tecate, Mexico, near the U.S. border. While northern Mexico has a high incidence of RMSF ...

The Lamason Lab studies R. parkeri as a model for infection of the more virulent Rickettsia rickettsii. R. rickettsii, ...