Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Half of all Rocky Mountain spotted fever fatalities occur with eight days of disease symptoms starting.

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

But over the past few decades, various species of ticks have been migrating to new regions, leading to an increase in Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases throughout the South and mid-Atlantic.

American dog ticks can spread Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

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