Other Tick-Borne Diseases

• Ehrlichia chaffeensis transmitted by ticks
   

• Acute fever with headache 
• Muscle ache
• Nausea
   

• Seek medical attention from a physician
   

• Avoid tick-infested habitats during spring and early summer.
• Use personal protection, such as wearing pants and shirts with long sleeves.
   

• In 1991, there were 262 cases and 4 deaths reported in four states in the United States, mostly occurring in Missouri and Oklahoma
   

• Flavivirus transmitted by ticks

• Sudden onset of fever
• Sore throat
• Sleepiness
• Headache
• Disorientation

Encephalitis, meningitis and partial paralysis may develop.

• Seek medical attention from a physician

• Avoid tick-infested habitats during spring and early summer.
• Use personal protection, such as wearing pants and shirts with long sleeves.

• Animal hosts include
  • Marmots 
  • Sciurid rodents
  • Rabbits
  • Hares
  • Carnivores
  • Birds.
• Only 19 cases have been reported, which were in New York, Pennsylvania, Ontario and Quebec.

• Protozoan disease

• Coastal areas of New England and adjacent offshore islands

• Transmitted by wild rodents, especially white-footed mice.

• Gradual onset of fever
• Sweating
• Loss of appetite
• Fatigue
• General muscle ache
• Possible prolonged anemia

• Seek medical attention from a physician

• Avoid tick-infested habitats during spring and early summer.
• Use personal protection, such as wearing pants and shirts with long sleeves.