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  2. Cases of rare tick-borne disease on the rise in 8 states, CDC ...

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    Tick-borne illness cases in the United States are up 25% since 2011, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among the cases is a rare disease, babesiosis, which is found ...

  3. Tick-borne disease - Wikipedia

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    Tick-borne diseases, which afflict humans and other animals, are caused by infectious agents transmitted by tick bites. [1] They are caused by infection with a variety of pathogens , including rickettsia and other types of bacteria , viruses , and protozoa . [ 2 ]

  4. What is alpha-gal syndrome, the meat allergy caused by a tick ...

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    Alpha-gal syndrome is a tick-borne illness that leads to allergic reactions from eating red meat, which includes the meat of cows, deer, pigs or goats. The allergy can be potentially life-threatening.

  5. The Potentially Fatal Tick-Borne Illness You Haven't ... - AOL

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    Alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne illness, is shaping up to be the new Lyme disease. Learn more about the disease and why it has doctors perplexed. The Potentially Fatal Tick-Borne Illness You ...

  6. Bourbon virus - Wikipedia

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    Bourbon virus is an RNA virus in the genus Thogotovirus of the family Orthomyxoviridae, which is similar to Dhori virus and Batken virus.It was first identified in 2014 in a man from Bourbon County, Kansas, United States, who died after being bitten by ticks.

  7. Human granulocytic anaplasmosis - Wikipedia

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    Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) is a tick-borne, infectious disease caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum, an obligate intracellular bacterium that is typically transmitted to humans by ticks of the Ixodes ricinus species complex, including Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus in North America.

  8. Meat allergy linked to lone star ticks is often misdiagnosed ...

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    Alpha-gal syndrome is a tick-borne illness that leads to allergic reactions from eating red meat, including meat of cows, deer, pigs or goats. ... the CDC said, the number of new cases increased ...

  9. Spotted fever rickettsiosis - Wikipedia

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    Eschar at site of tick or mite bite [1] Spotted fever rickettsiosis, also known as spotted fever group rickettsia (SFGR), is a group of infections that include Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, Pacific Coast tick fever, and rickettsialpox. [2] The group of infections was created in 2010 as they are difficult to ...