spotted fever

NOUN

febrile disease

Synonyms

WEAK

Kews Garden spotted fever Rocky Mountain spotted fever cerebrospinal fever cerebrospinal meningitis typhus

Example Sentences

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Doxycycline, a cheap antibiotic that has been available for more than 40 years, is a treatment for health problems including acne, chlamydia and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2023

Fortunately, it’s a milder form than Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a sometimes fatal tick-borne illness.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

Also check your dogs because dog ticks can carry Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which can also infect humans.

From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2023

American dog ticks can spread Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2023

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