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Two OKC Parks and Recreation employees treated for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
POSTED 4:17 PM, MAY 22, 2018, BY CASSANDRA SWEETMAN, UPDATED AT 10:19PM, MAY 22, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY - After two city employees were infected with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, experts are warning others to take precautions.
Two part-time Parks and Recreation Department employees reported having the tick-borne illness. City officials said they've been treated and are back to work. Now, the natural resources manager for the department said it will get worse before it gets better.
"There is a tick problem all over the place right now," Scott Copelin said. "Part of the problem this year is we didn't have a long enough, cold enough winter, so that's a big problem."
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"Oklahoma has one of the highest incidences of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in the country," said Oklahoma City County Epidemiologist Ozair Navqi. "It's our big claim to fame here when it comes to tick-borne illnesses."
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http://kfor.com/2018/05/22/two-okc-p...spotted-fever/
POSTED 4:17 PM, MAY 22, 2018, BY CASSANDRA SWEETMAN, UPDATED AT 10:19PM, MAY 22, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY - After two city employees were infected with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, experts are warning others to take precautions.
Two part-time Parks and Recreation Department employees reported having the tick-borne illness. City officials said they've been treated and are back to work. Now, the natural resources manager for the department said it will get worse before it gets better.
"There is a tick problem all over the place right now," Scott Copelin said. "Part of the problem this year is we didn't have a long enough, cold enough winter, so that's a big problem."
...
"Oklahoma has one of the highest incidences of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in the country," said Oklahoma City County Epidemiologist Ozair Navqi. "It's our big claim to fame here when it comes to tick-borne illnesses."
...
http://kfor.com/2018/05/22/two-okc-p...spotted-fever/