“A tick bite led to amputations on all four of an Oklahoma woman’s limbs. Doctors did it to save Jo Rogers’ life from the aggressive bacteria the insect passed on. A carrier tick may have dropped onto Rogers when she…
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
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Emilee Russell
A 6-year-old North Carolina girl has died from Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a bacterial infection transmitted by ticks. Emilee Russell of Black Mountain, N.C., died Wednesday, two-and-a-half weeks after she was bitten by a tick over Memorial Day weekend, ABC…
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii. The bacterium is spread to humans through the bite of infected ticks, and so the disease is most common in months where ticks are active, such as summer. Rocky…
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