spotted fever

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Friday the deaths of three people in California from Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

From Washington Times • Dec. 9, 2023

Researchers have found that many of Staten Island’s Gulf Coast ticks carry a pathogen that causes a form of spotted fever.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

American dog ticks can spread Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2023

Every year people are diagnosed with and treated for tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

From Scientific American • Jul. 7, 2022

Then there were all the diseases one is vulnerable to in the woods—giardiasis, eastern equine encephalitis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, schistosomiasis, brucellosis, and shigellosis, to offer but a sampling.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson