Tick infected with rare illness found in Lake County
The first tick in Illinois to test positive for a rare bacteria was discovered in Lake County, the Illinois Department of ...
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State announces first tick infected with ‘rare’ bacterium that can cause serious disease in humans found in Lake County
State officials announced they have located in Lake County the first tick in the state to test positive for a rare bacterium, ...
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First tick infected with rare illness discovered in Illinois
The disease was first discovered in an Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, resident in 2009. All known human cases of EME have ...
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IDPH: First tick infected with ehrlichiosis bacterium found in Lake County, Ill.
The disease is now known to be carried by both Lone Star ticks, common to Southern Illinois, and blacklegged or deer ticks, ...
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First tick infected with a rare illness discovered in Lake County
State health officials say the first tick to test positive for Ehrlichia muris eauclairensis (EME), a bacteria transmitted by ...