In an article published on the website of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York, getting bitten by a tick is now more dangerous than ever. Most people know that a tick check after hiking in the woods is a crucial component for reducing the risk of Lyme's disease, but it has now been confirmed that ticks can carry and transmit multiple pathogens.
Scientists discovered ticks which carry not only Borrelia sp. bacterium which causes Lyme's disease, but these ticks also were harboring Babesia sp parasites which cause babesiosis.
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