spotted fever
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A Northern Californian has been confirmed as the fourth-ever person diagnosed with a newly recognized and rare tick-borne disease that causes symptoms similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Half of all Rocky Mountain spotted fever fatalities occur with eight days of disease symptoms starting.
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
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
