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 ...

Mexico also sees several cases where brown dog ticks are prevalent ... saw an incidence rate of 0.31 per million people. "The identification of six confirmed cases of RMSF in southern California ...

for brown dog ticks. She works as part of a CDC team combatting Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever here. "If we started treatment on days 3-5 [of getting symptoms], we would start seeing patients that ...

The most common ticks that transmit the disease are the American dog, Rocky Mountain wood, and brown dog ticks. Rocky Mountain spotted fever is not contagious and cannot be spread from person to ...