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Prevention and Cure of Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Early treatment with antibiotics greatly shortens the disease and decreases the risk of death. Prevention depends primarily upon the exercise of personal care in protection against tick bites. Persons exposed to known infected areas should frequently examine their clothing and body for ticks. Usually the tick does not become attached to its host immediately but crawls about for several hours. The chance of receiving infection from the bite of a tick is directly proportional to the length of time that the tick has fed. The ticks should be removed and the skin area involved swabbed with an antiseptic.
There is a satisfactory vaccination procedure against Rocky Mountain spotted fever: the vaccine is administered in the spring or early summer before the beginning of the tick season and is repeated annually, because the maximum degree of protection conferred is for less than a year. The degree of immunity afforded is relative, but the chance for subsequent infection is lessened, and the risk of death is greatly reduced.
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