Life-Threatening Tick-borne Disease
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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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Update and Summary of Tickborne Diseases in North America
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Volume 27 Number 5
In previous editions of the WMNL, articles have been written on the various tickborne diseases. Over the past few years several important changes have occurred, and there have been several more illnesses added to the list.
Tickborne Diseases:
– Leading insect vectorborne diseases in USA.
– 95% of all insect vectorborne illnesses in USA.
– Second only to mosquitoes worldwide in causing and spreading disease.
– Ticks are little cesspools.
– Lyme Disease is the #1 tickborne illness.
– Anaplasmosis (HGA) is the #2 tickborne illness.
Here is the current list of tickborne diseases seen in North America:
Ticks Worldwide
September/October 2010 ISSN-1059-6518 Volume 23 Number 5
By Frank Hubbell, DO
Ticks Worldwide:
Ticks are little cesspools.
It is estimated that ticks exceed all other arthropods in the number and variety of diseases that they can transmit.
Tickborne diseases are some of the leading insect vector-borne diseases in the world, and they seem to be on the rise.
Tickborne diseases are second only to mosquito-borne illnesses for spread of disease around the world.
Mosquito-borne diseases are the most common cause of death (mortality) and disease (morbidity) on earth.
