Indiana toddler dies from suspected tick bite infection

An Indiana toddler died on Sunday after she caught a bacterial infection she may have got from a tick bite, her family said.  Kenley Ratliff, 2, fell ill a week ago after she contracted an infection believed to be Rocky Mountain spotted fever, transmitted through tick bites, her family told WTHR. They said they went camping just before Ratliff got sick.  Within

days, the toddler went from being healthy to battling the infection in the hospital.   “Yes, within less than like five days,” Monica Kirby, a family friend, told the news station. “Her little body couldn’t handle it.” At first the toddler tested positive for strep throat, but after she came home she developed a 104-degree fever, Kirby told WTHR.  READ MORE