Tag: Ticks
Another reason to avoid ticks as new bacteria surfaces in London area
The Middlesex-London Health Unit is sounding the alarm after the discovery this month of the first tick in the London area with a bacteria that can cause severe illness in older people. The tick had Anaplasma phagocytophilum bacteria, the health unit said Wednesday. The bacteria that is usually spread by the blacklegged tick causes anaplasmosis. […]