Transcription of TICKBORNE DISEASES OF THE UNITED STATES
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TICKBORNE DISEASES OF THE UNITED STATESA Reference Manual for Health Care ProvidersFourth Edition, 2017 Tick IDMapsLyme DiseaseBabesiosisAnaplasmosisTularemiaOt her TICKBORNE DiseasesRocky Mountain Spotted FeverEhrlichiosisTick Bites/ PreventionTick IDBLACKLEGGED TICK Ixodes scapularisWhere found: Widely distributed in the northeastern and upper midwestern UNITED : Lyme disease , anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Powassan : The greatest risk of being bitten exists in the spring, summer, and fall. However, adults may be out searching for a host any time winter temperatures are above freezing.
temperatures are above freezing. Stages most likely to bite humans are nymphs and adult females. LONE STAR TICK Amblyomma americanum Where found: Widely distributed in the southeastern and eastern United States. Transmits: Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii (which cause human ehrlichiosis), tularemia, and STARI.
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