Colorado tick fever is a viral infection transmitted by the bite of an infected Rocky Mountain wood tick. It is a distinct illness from the bacterial Rocky Mountain spotted fever, though the two share a region and part of a name, and it is thought to be the disease American pioneers once called mountain fever. The virus infects blood-forming cells, particularly red blood cells, which is why it can also spread through blood transfusion in addition to tick bites.
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ICD-10 ChapterI: Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases 2 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Causative Agent
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1. Wikidata: Colorado Tick Fever
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Subclass of: infectious disease with epilepsy
2. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
3. Colorado tick fever (Wikipedia)
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Colorado tick fever (CTF) is a viral infection transmitted from the bite of an infected Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni).
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Colorado tick fever virus (CTFV) infects haemopoietic cells, particularly erythrocytes, which explains how the virus is transmitted by ticks and also accounts for the incidence of transmission by blood transfusion.
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