Life-Threatening Tick-borne Disease
ISSN-1059-6518
Volume 28 Number 2
POWASSAN VIRUS
By Frank Hubbell, DO
Illustrations by T.B.R. Walsh
Powassan virus is an arbovirus, Read more
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TICKBORNE DISEASES
The problem is simple: ticks are little cesspools, and they can spread a wide variety of potentially serious illnesses. Ticks are the leading cause of insect vector-borne disease in the USA and second only to mosquitoes worldwide. In fact, 95% of all insect vector-borne diseases in North America are spread by ticks.
