Other Tick-borne Infections
Ticks may carry multiple bacteria, viruses and parasites that can be transmitted separately or along with the Lyme Disease bacteria. It has been found to be possible to get more than one infection from a single tick bite.
Potential infections include babesiosis, anaplasmosis, ehlichiosis, tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and Looping Ill virus. These infections and others may also be acquired overseas. Whilst some of these diseases respond to the antibiotics commonly used to treat Lyme disease, others do not. Each infection must be appropriately treated in order for a person to get well.
Tick-borne diseases are often referred to as ‘emerging diseases’. Research and surveillance is ongoing across the world.
Other tick-borne diseases | Background information | Lyme disease | CKS | NICE
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