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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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Research

Because of the work started by Dr. Ricketts in the early 1900s, NIAID Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) remains a thriving center for infectious disease research on tickborne diseases, such as Lyme disease and relapsing fever. RML also continues to do research on rickettsial diseases.

Last Updated September 22, 2011

Last Reviewed January 28, 2011