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A '''spotted fever''' is a type of [[tick-borne disease]] which presents on the skin.<ref>{{DorlandsDict|nine/000957182|spotted fever}}</ref> They are all caused by [[bacteria]] of the [[genus]] ''[[Rickettsia]]''. [[Typhus]] is a group of similar diseases also caused by ''Rickettsia'' bacteria, but spotted fevers and typhus are different clinical entities. Transmission process: When the tick latches on, it needs to be removed under 2 hours. If not noticed or unremoved it takes only 10 hours for the tick to transmit the (disease) to the human.{{cn|date=May 2021}}

The phrase apparently originated in Spain in the 17th century and was ‘loosely applied in England to typhus or any fever involving [[petechia|petechial eruptions]].’ During the 17th and 18th centuries, it was thought to be "cousin-germane" to and herald of the [[bubonic plague]], a disease which periodically afflicted the city of London and its environs during the 16th and 17th centuries, most notably during the [[Great Plague of London|Great Plague of 1665]].<ref>Daniel Defoe, ''A Journal of the Plague Year'', ed. Louis Landa (Oxford, 2010) 219.</ref>

Types of spotted fevers include:{{cn|date=May 2021}}
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* [[Rickettsia helvetica|Helvetica spotted fever]]
* [[Mediterranean spotted fever]]
* [[Rocky Mountain spotted fever]]
* [[Queensland tick typhus]]

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[[Category:Tick-borne diseases]]
[[Category:Rickettsioses]]

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