You must check your pets paws for ticks!!
Daily tick checks and using tick repellents on your pets is a must when you live in a tick endemic area …
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National Post : Child arthritis cases spike as Lyme disease pushes further into Canada
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Lyme disease debate leaves family without answers
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CDC Endorsement of Single Dose Antibiotic for Lyme Disease Prevention Challenged
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First report of a blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say (Acari: Ixodidae), parasitizing a raptor in Canada
Systematic & Applied Acarology 22(2): 208–216 (2017) https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.22.2.5 Abstract We document the first report of a blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say, parasitizing an American Kestrel, Falco sparverius Linnaeus (Falconiformes: Falconidae), in Canada. A fully engorged I. scapularis nymph was collected from the base of the tongue of an American Kestrel nestling recovered at Mirabel, Québec….
Distribution and survival of Borrelia miyamotoi in human blood components
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Aaron M. Thorp and Laura Tonnetti Article first published online: 21 DEC 2015 DOI: 10.1111/trf.13398 BACKGROUND Borrelia miyamotoi, the agent of relapsing fever, is a tick-borne spirochete first isolated in Japan in 1994. Since then, the spirochete has been detected in ticks globally, generally in the same vectors as the Lyme disease agent. Human infection has…
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