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Show Six cases of tularemia, or "rabbit-fever," "rabbit-fever," have been reported in Utah recently, and reports from the state laboratory also indicate an increase in Rocky Mountain spotted fever, according to Dr. William M. McKay, director of the division of communicable communi-cable disease control, of the Utah State Board of Health. "Both tularemia and spotted fever are tick-borne diseases," said Dr. McKay, "and the public is warned once more that, when going into even the near-by canyons, they should protect themselves as much as possible against ticks." Although there is no preventive vaccine for tularemia, Dr. McKay urges that persons intending to go out on camping trips see their family physicians and be immunized against Rocky Mountain spotted fever. n . |