Colorado tick fever is an infectious disease caused by Colorado tick fever virus (CTFV), a cortivirus in the Reoviridae family of dsRNA viruses, and transmitted by Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni). CTFV was first isolated in 1944 in the Rocky Mountain region.
Category
Infectious disease
Brite
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by dsRNA viruses
H02165 Colorado tick fever
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Certain arthropod-borne viral fevers
1D41 Colorado tick fever
H02165 Colorado tick fever
Pathogen
Colorado tick fever virus [GN:T40063]
Other DBs
ICD-11:
1D41
Reference
PMID:2849373
Authors
Emmons RW
Title
Ecology of Colorado tick fever.
Journal
Annu Rev Microbiol 42:49-64 (1988) DOI:10.1146/annurev.mi.42.100188.000405
Reference
PMID:26963018
Authors
Choi E, Pyzocha NJ, Maurer DM
Title
Tick-Borne Illnesses.
Journal
Curr Sports Med Rep 15:98-104 (2016) DOI:10.1249/JSR.0000000000000238