SPOTTED FEVER Definition & Meaning

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spotted fever

noun

Pathology.

any of several fevers characterized by spots on the skin, especially as in cerebrospinal meningitis or typhus fever.
tick fever.

spotted fever

noun

any of various severe febrile diseases characterized by small irregular spots on the skin, as in Rocky Mountain spotted fever or tick fever

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of spotted fever¹

First recorded in 1640–50

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In the case of tick-borne diseases, for example, Beard noted that the geographic ranges have already expanded in recent years for ticks that spread Lyme, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis and spotted fever rickettsiosis.

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

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

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

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American dog ticks can spread Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

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