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Lone Star Tick Bites

December 16, 2019

Lone Star tick bites, which are now spreading to the midwest and northeast have a signficant risk of transmission of the following diseases as of late 2019.

1. tularemia
2. Ehrlichiosis
3. Heartland virus
4. southern tick associated rash illness
5. alpha-gal syndrome
6. Bourbon virus

The clinical syndrome of ehrlichiosis caused by lone star ticks can be caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. ewingii, and Panaola Mountain virus.

Lone Star tick showing the characteristic white splotch.