Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a bacterial illness caused by a bite from an infected tick. Symptoms include high ...

Other tick-borne illnesses, like southern tick-associated rash illness and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, can also cause distinctive rashes, the CDC notes. You don't necessarily need to see a ...

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is one of the deadliest tickborne diseases in the United States, often killing people within ...

Powassan encephalitis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, two serious tick-borne diseases, have been identified in Minnesota residents, state health officials said today. More commonly occurring ...

Other tick-borne illnesses, like southern tick-associated rash illness and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, can also cause distinctive rashes, the CDC notes. You don't necessarily need to see a ...

Hinton didn't see the tick that bit him, but he developed the disease's signature rash on his foot ... officer and top expert on Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever at the CDC. "It's called 'spotted ...

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/ Rickettsia (RMSF) Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/Rickettsia (RMSF) is most often transmitted by the American dog tick in the Eastern, Central and Western United States; by ...