Information for Health Care Professionals
Guidelines and Recommendations
Diagnosis and Management of Tickborne Rickettsial Diseases: Rocky Mountain Spotter Fever, Ehrlichioses, and Anaplasmosis – United States
Case Definitions
Ehrlichiosis Case Definition
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Rickettsia rickettsii)
Specimen Submission
Who May Submit Specimens and How Should They Be Submitted?
State Health Departments:
If you would like information on the protocol for specimen submission, click here.
U.S. Physicians:
Please contact your state health department before sending specimens to CDC. If you have need to consult CDC on a patient, please call 404 639 1075.
Non U.S. Physicians:
Please consult CDC prior to shipping specimens. Consultation is available 24 hours a day by calling 770-488-7100. During normal business hours (8:00 - 4:30 ET) the phone number is 404 639 1075.
Individuals other than physicians or appropriate state health department employees:
Private citizens may not submit specimens to CDC for testing. If you feel that diagnostic testing is necessary, consult your physician or state health department.
- Page last reviewed: April 1, 2008
- Page last updated: August 19, 2008
- Content source: Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases
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