Definitions

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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Rickettsia lanei comes from the spotted fever group Rickettsia, bacteria transmitted to humans from the bite of an infected tick.

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

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

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