Lyme-disease isn't the only tick-borne threat. Doctors warn these other diseases are spreading

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https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/5337215-lyme-disease-isnt-the-only-tick-borne-threat-doctors-warn-these-other-diseases-are-spreading/

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Just last month, Connecticut researchers said they identified the first case of a longhorned tick infected with a pathogen called ehrlichia chaffeensis. Infections can give people fever chills, headaches, muscle aches and stomach issues.

“We also worry about a parasite called Babesia, which causes a disease called Babesiosis,” said Nicole Baumgarth, a professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in a recent briefing on tick-borne illnesses. The same ticks that carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease can carry this parasite, which then infects people’s red blood cells, causing anemia and other “very serious consequences,” Baumgarth said.

Some people infected by the parasite may feel flu-like symptoms, explains the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while others may have no symptoms at all. That’s a problem if people live with the parasite and then donate their infected blood, which can cause harm to the people who receive it as a transfusion.

Baumgarth also warned of viruses that can be spread by ticks, such as tick-borne encephalitis. It’s an infection that can cause inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. It’s a bigger problem in Europe than in the U.S., she said, but here we have Heartland virus and Powassan virus to contend with.
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