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mm me onset oi warm weather and the tick season, residents should be on the lookout for an infectious disease called Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, commonly known as tick fever.
The potentially fatal disease is common in the Piedmont region of the eastern seaboard, said John Einarson, regional health director.
Between one and three percent of dog ticks are infected with the microbe that causes tick fever in this area, Mr. Einarson said.
During the last nine years, cases of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in the Rappahannock-Rapidan District have ranged from two to 12 cases annually, with an average of six cases per year.
Three of the six cases in 1963 were in young children.
In 1977, when 12 reported cases occurred, one fatal case was reported in
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