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Colorado tick fever

MedGen UID:
40398
•Concept ID:
C0009400
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Colorado Tick Fever; Fever, Colorado Tick; Tick Fever, Colorado
SNOMED CT: Colorado tick fever (6452009); American mountain tick fever (6452009); CTF - Colorado tick fever (6452009)
Modes of inheritance:
Not genetically inherited
MedGen UID:
988794
•Concept ID:
CN307044
•
Finding
Source: Orphanet
clinical entity without genetic inheritance.
See: This record
Not genetically inherited (Orphanet)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005708
Orphanet: ORPHA83595

Definition

An acute arboviral infection caused by a <i>Coltivirus</i> transmitted by an infected tick and characterized by a biphasic fever with headache, myalgias, arthralgias, and fatigue that can last 3 weeks or more. In some cases, macular, maculopapular, or petechial rash and/or stiff neck, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and sore throat may also occur. [from ORDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVColorado tick fever
Follow this link to review classifications for Colorado tick fever in Orphanet.

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Committee Opinion No. 399: Management of Tick Bites and Lyme Disease During Pregnancy.
Smith GN, Moore KM, Hatchette TF, Nicholson J, Bowie W, Langley JM
J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2020 May;42(5):644-653. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2020.01.001. PMID: 32414479
Tickborne Diseases: Diagnosis and Management.
Pace EJ, O'Reilly M
Am Fam Physician 2020 May 1;101(9):530-540. PMID: 32352736
Tick-borne encephalopathies : epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
Günther G, Haglund M
CNS Drugs 2005;19(12):1009-32. doi: 10.2165/00023210-200519120-00004. PMID: 16332143

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Colorado Tick Fever in the United States, 2013-2022.
Fagre A, Lehman J, Hills SL
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2024 Sep 4;111(3):598-602. Epub 2024 Jul 9 doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0044. PMID: 38981504Free PMC Article
Tickborne Diseases: Diagnosis and Management.
Pace EJ, O'Reilly M
Am Fam Physician 2020 May 1;101(9):530-540. PMID: 32352736
Arthropod-Borne Diseases: The Camper's Uninvited Guests.
Juckett G
Microbiol Spectr 2015 Aug;3(4) doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.IOL5-0001-2014. PMID: 26350321
Dermatoses from ticks.
McGinley-Smith DE, Tsao SS
J Am Acad Dermatol 2003 Sep;49(3):363-92; quiz 393-6. doi: 10.1067/s0190-9622(03)01868-1. PMID: 12963900
Colorado tick fever--risk of infection.
Sciple GW, LaMotte LC
Rocky Mt Med J 1966 Jun;63(6):64. PMID: 5934014

Diagnosis

Tickborne Diseases: Diagnosis and Management.
Pace EJ, O'Reilly M
Am Fam Physician 2020 May 1;101(9):530-540. PMID: 32352736
Tick-Borne Illnesses in the United States.
Pujalte GGA, Marberry ST, Libertin CR
Prim Care 2018 Sep;45(3):379-391. Epub 2018 Jul 9 doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2018.05.011. PMID: 30115329
Tick-Borne Illnesses.
Choi E, Pyzocha NJ, Maurer DM
Curr Sports Med Rep 2016 Mar-Apr;15(2):98-104. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000238. PMID: 26963018
Tick-borne disease.
Bratton RL, Corey R
Am Fam Physician 2005 Jun 15;71(12):2323-30. PMID: 15999870
Colorado tick fever encephalitis.
Draughn DE, Sieber OF Jr, Umlauf JH Jr
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1965 Oct;4(10):626-8. doi: 10.1177/000992286500401015. PMID: 5826647

Therapy

Tickborne Diseases: Diagnosis and Management.
Pace EJ, O'Reilly M
Am Fam Physician 2020 May 1;101(9):530-540. PMID: 32352736
Tick-borne disease.
Bratton RL, Corey R
Am Fam Physician 2005 Jun 15;71(12):2323-30. PMID: 15999870
North American tick-borne diseases.
Wright SW, Trott AT
Ann Emerg Med 1988 Sep;17(9):964-72. doi: 10.1016/s0196-0644(88)80680-2. PMID: 3046447
Human Colorado tick fever in southern Alberta.
Cimolai N, Anand CM, Gish GJ, Calisher CH, Fishbein DB
CMAJ 1988 Jul 1;139(1):45-6. PMID: 2838146Free PMC Article
Panel discussion: laboratory diagnosis of viral infections--recent advances and their clinical application.
Am J Clin Pathol 1972 Jun;57(6):835-45. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/57.6.835. PMID: 4337374

Prognosis

Ocular manifestations of tick-borne diseases.
Raja H, Starr MR, Bakri SJ
Surv Ophthalmol 2016 Nov-Dec;61(6):726-744. Epub 2016 Apr 7 doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2016.03.011. PMID: 27060746
Dermatoses from ticks.
McGinley-Smith DE, Tsao SS
J Am Acad Dermatol 2003 Sep;49(3):363-92; quiz 393-6. doi: 10.1067/s0190-9622(03)01868-1. PMID: 12963900
Hematologic manifestations of viral infections.
Friedman AD
Pediatr Ann 1996 Oct;25(10):555-60. doi: 10.3928/0090-4481-19961001-06. PMID: 8902866
North American tick-borne diseases.
Wright SW, Trott AT
Ann Emerg Med 1988 Sep;17(9):964-72. doi: 10.1016/s0196-0644(88)80680-2. PMID: 3046447
Viral teratogenesis: a review with experimental and clinical perspectives.
Harris RE
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1974 Aug 1;119(7):996-1008. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(74)90023-4. PMID: 4366796

Clinical prediction guides

Colorado tick fever virus induces apoptosis in human endothelial cells to facilitate viral replication.
Owen S, Gaffney C, Grado L, Woodson ML, King JA, Balaraman RP, Bechelli J
Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2021 Sep;12(5):101775. Epub 2021 Jun 17 doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101775. PMID: 34218056
Laboratory Blood-Based Testing for Non-Lyme Disease Tick-Borne Infections at a National Reference Laboratory.
Lee-Lewandrowski E, Chen Z, Branda J, Baron J, Kaufman HW
Am J Clin Pathol 2020 Jan 1;153(1):139-145. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqz139. PMID: 31584611
Recombinant VP7-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of immunoglobulin G antibodies to Colorado tick fever virus.
Mohd Jaafar F, Attoui H, Gallian P, Biagini P, Cantaloube JF, de Micco P, de Lamballerie X
J Clin Microbiol 2003 May;41(5):2102-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2102-2105.2003. PMID: 12734255Free PMC Article
Antigenic variants of Colorado tick fever virus.
Karabatsos N, Poland JD, Emmons RW, Mathews JH, Calisher CH, Wolff KL
J Gen Virol 1987 May;68 ( Pt 5):1463-9. doi: 10.1099/0022-1317-68-5-1463. PMID: 3572369
Colorado tick fever; observations on eighteen cases and review of the literature.
DREVETS CC
J Kans Med Soc 1957 Jul;58(7):448-55; passim. PMID: 13439251

Recent systematic reviews

Transfusion-transmitted arboviruses: Update and systematic review.
Giménez-Richarte Á, Ortiz de Salazar MI, Giménez-Richarte MP, Collado M, Fernández PL, Clavijo C, Navarro L, Arbona C, Marco P, Ramos-Rincon JM
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2022 Oct;16(10):e0010843. Epub 2022 Oct 6 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010843. PMID: 36201547Free PMC Article

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