It is very common in Oklahoma. Most people with RMSF become ill between April and September. Several hundred people develop this disease in Oklahoma each year, mostly in the summer months. Scabies mites burrow under the skin, producing pimple-like bumps. It is a very common disease in Oklahoma.
Most people become ill in the summer and early fall.
People get syphilis by having sex with someone who has syphilis. If a person does not get treatment they will get rashes, sores, fever, or feel like they have the flu. Sometimes people lose some of their hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes. Later, people who don't get cured get syphilis in the brain, heart, or other parts of their body. It may also result from eating infected meat which is served raw or undercooked.