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Show . _,. • .,,..,,,,. f ~-->;.\ I i ··- JI i w-¼ RO Ci:S I\DtTN~ .: IN SPOTTED FEVER Rocky Mon nt 2 in Spott ed f e7e r is t r.;.msmi tte d to m2. n by the b it e of infected t icks. SeYer2.l S"?ecies of ticks 2re 2.b le to h2.rbor t h is inf ection , bnt tho two wDod s~ecies resp onsible for t he g ret .t e r mc j orit:-' of t he huJ:mn ca s es ar e t :~c not , y A:;parentl tick s of t he Hort1) West a nd the co;Jm on dog ticl~ of the :S :--;st. isse11-. man in se n any of the tic}rn a re infected vlith spotted fever , b u t the disea Tl'..e de a th r a te ious enol'. 6:1 to ~17B rr;:m t t re pra ctice of "9 r e cai1.tionar y r.1e2 sures. fever will spotted ith ic h igh- - -\. ( ? to 70 }~ in some loc2 1itie s. A pe r son i n fected -{v . infection he t ing ' d 0velo~9e the disea se withing two to t -_r1elve days 2fter r e ceiv ~_;J;-.!,en the tick 2ppe 2 rs he is tmfe1 and is seekiri..g some a.nim0 l in order that he may a ttach hi1:1self and suck blood. Tl1ey ci:avv-1 up on long g r a sses a nd bushes and u e.it for so~1e anima l, vrild or domestic to pa ss . r i11en t 11e ticlz: drop s on a n ani1i1r.l, includinc man, it does not st a rt feedi ng a t 01100 , but usua lly sp ends a 1 little time in searching for 2 . suitable place . The hc'l.i ry p~ rts e Ypec i2ll3 a Jar.g E1:pers. tick the by t he b2ck of the he2d, or in: the 2.r ::~ :_)'its a re often ch osen i.1:1ents }1,_"1ve shO"wn trot a 1 revio~rnly t:nfed infected ticl:c mny 2.tta ch itself to .t he body E: nd feod for a few hou rs viithon t tra nsmitting the infection , but it then 't, 'j crn:·~es hig hly infectiou s • Genera lly spe2Jdng, the d 2,~ ers of contra cting a ca se of this fever is g re2ter in the Rocl-cy !'fountain States a nd the 1J1n:ile ~t a tes of the _UEJ,ntic Seaboa rd, but it bps been definitel y knou n to develop in every Ollio, st2te of the United Sta.tes w ith the e xce:9tions of , Wisconsin, Michigan , a.nd Hiss iss ippi. Tic1:s 2·?:pe2.r e r. rly in t h :: s~?rii1S :::i.nd 2,re r!lore numerous durir,g May, J:me ani Jul y. T': ~ey dis a·?pe m-- r -'.1:-:_'.)i,:ll:• in the l!Iont :1. of .August . How·ever, the tick sea~o n1 is s lis htly e2 rJ.ie r i n t J~t(;) '\:est t l1.an in tbe e a st. The ticl-rn ha tch from e 6 gs anc. adnJ.t during the eP r ly s t ·-- -~:0s , h 1--o s i :.:: legs . During the ir fin2l st 20 es, the -:-, reddLJ!. of 2nd ngth e l in inch l/8th h..as e i g h t logs. T~:10 e:,dnl t fe :11~ le is over 1c 1 t of er cent the to ead h the m fro br mm color ,,dt h o V/h it e s hic l d e ::tending das hes ov er t ~lC, b 2.d::. T~:e D2.lo h :-'.S 2 "') ~.tt e rn of ·;,;bit e e nd brovm stri-oes bloos , the f CiX.'i e · ;ith ; , · d fille ·-1hen but t, · ' : . ' fl entire b2ck . · :>.en unfed , tl'"By or e . sometimes becomes l c:.r gcr t han 2 . coffeo bean 1 1 PREVENTIO N Indiv idm:~ls 1112-y :Jr ev e nt spott ed f ever inT:t.ere 2.re three ::1ec'sures bi:r froi:-i the -person 2 s soon 2. s p ossible • ticks fection . A--1:~.: oid ticl<:s . B-- BQ~.1ove C- - By v a ccint:.tion . *Th is Qrt icl e ·i7 ill be continued in t he ne::t edit ion of the c 2n:~ 1'.)aper . fo |
