Ticks can transmit more than just Lyme disease.
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http://www.cdph.ca.gov/HealthInfo/discond/Documents/TBDPhysicianTutorial.PDF
• Lyme disease (Borreliaburgdorferi)
•Relapsing fever (Borreliahermsii)
•Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsiarickettsii)
•Anaplasmosis (Anaplasmaphagocytophilum)
•Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichiachaffiensis)
•Babesiosis (Babesiaduncani)
•Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsiarickettsii)
•Colorado tick fever (Colorado tick fever virus)
•Tularemia (Francisellatularensis)
•Tick Paralysis (toxin)
•Q Fever
Suppected: • Bartonella spp.
Please note:
People travel and their are other strands of Lyme disease and other strands of other tick- borne diseases infections that can be transmitted depending in the state or other travel countries.