Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

• Highest Atlantic seaboard, states in the south and south east, Rocky mountain region

• Rickettsia rickettsii transmitted by Dermacentor variabilis or Dermacentor andersoni ticks

• incubation 7 to 10 days

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1.The prevalence of this illness is highest in the Atlantic seaboard states, states in the South and Southeast and states in the Rocky Mountain region. Mortality rates are 1 to 5 percent.

2.The pathogen Rickettsia rickettsii is transmitted by Dermacentor variabilis or Dermacentor andersoni ticks. The incubation period is seven to 10 days.