An infectious disease spread by tick bites.
an acute, infectious, and sometimes fatal tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii; characterized by fever, bone and muscle pain, headache, and rash. The disease occurs only in North and South America(Morris 1992).
caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks
Arare disease transmitted to humans through the bites of ticks; characterized by small pink spots on the wrists and ankles that spread to other parts of the body, become larger, and bleed.
an infection caused by the bite of an infected tick, usually a wood tick or dog tick.
A disease transmitted by the bite of a Rocky Mountain wood tick. Symptoms include, but are not restricted to, fever, loss of appetite, coughing, labored breathing and abdominal pain.
A dangerous hemorrhagic fever transmitted by tick bites and caused by a rickettsial microorganism.
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is the most severe and most frequently reported rickettsial illness in the United States, and has been diagnosed throughout the Americas. Some synonyms for Rocky Mountain spotted fever in other countries include “tick typhus,†“Tobia fever†(Colombia), “São Paulo fever†or “febre maculosa†(Brazil), and “fiebre manchada†(Mexico). The disease is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, a species of bacteria that is spread to humans by hard ticks (Ixodidae).