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Tick-Borne Infections Are On the Rise In North Carolina

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10136
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Abstract:
In North Carolina there are four ticks that are likely to bite people--the Lone Star Tick, American Dog Tick, Brown Dog Tick, and the Deer Tick or Black-legged Tick. How many tick bite cases there are each year can't be determined because not all infections are reported to a physician. However, an increase is shown in the reported ones. Ticks are carriers of Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
Source:
Metro Magazine (NoCar F 264 R1 M48), Vol. 9 Issue 5, May 2008, p23-24, il