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Untreated cases can have a 13-25% fatality rate while treated cases have about a 5% fatality rate. The fatality rate increases with length of time between onset of symptoms and antibiotic treatment. Illinois Professor – fatality. There is no vaccine available in the US Treatment: Tetracycline (doxycycline) or Chloramphenicol