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Rocky Mountain fever
West
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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See: mountain fever
Quotations
1889
In fact it is the typho-malarial scourge known as Red River fever in Manitoba, jungle fever in India . . . and Rocky Mountain fever in British Columbia.
1965
Ticks in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario do not carry fearsome diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever which is carried by ticks in the western areas.