CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — A third Ross County resident has been diagnosed with Rocky Mountain spotted fever, county health officials said.

        Elaine Gleason of Chillicothe was diagnosed last week by doctors at the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus.

        She said she woke up to find a tick crawling on her neck about three weeks before getting ill on July 4.

        Ms. Gleason was released from the hospital Thursday.

        Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a tick-borne, potentially fatal disease, is accompanied by high fever, fatigue, headaches and swollen glands.

        The state Health Department said two cases of the disease were reported in Ohio last year, compared with 19 in 2000.

        Tests last month at Children's Hospital in Columbus indicated the fever caused the death of 5-year-old Cheyenne Rae Diehl of Kingston.

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