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  2. Most tick bites go unnoticed. Here's how to identify and ...

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    It can take up to 30 days for Lyme disease symptoms to appear after a tick bite, the CDC says. Signs and symptoms of tick-borne illnesses According to the CDC , the symptoms of diseases ...

  3. Lyme disease - Wikipedia

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    Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a tick-borne disease caused by species of Borrelia bacteria, transmitted by blood-feeding ticks in the genus Ixodes. [4] [9] [10] The most common sign of infection is an expanding red rash, known as erythema migrans (EM), which appears at the site of the tick bite about a week afterwards. [1]

  4. Lyme disease signs and symptoms: When should you seek ... - AOL

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    It's tick season in parts of the United States. Lyme disease is caused by infected black-legged (or deer) ticks and symptoms of the disease may vary, depending on how long it takes to discover the ...

  5. These Pictures Will Help You Identify the Most Common ... - AOL

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    However, many tick bites do not cause a bullseye rash; it appears in about 70 to 80% of Lyme patients. Other symptoms to note : You might actually find a tick attached to you before a tick bite ...

  6. Relapsing fever - Wikipedia

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    Louse-borne relapsing fever is more severe than the tick-borne variety. [citation needed] Louse-borne relapsing fever occurs in epidemics amid poor living conditions, famine and war in the developing world. [6] It is currently prevalent in Ethiopia and Sudan. [citation needed] Mortality rate is 1% with treatment and 30–70% without treatment.

  7. Erythema migrans - Wikipedia

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    The initial sign of about 80% of Lyme infections is an erythema migrans (EM) rash at the site of a tick bite, often near skin folds, such as the armpit, groin, or back of knee, on the trunk, under clothing straps, or in children's hair, ear, or neck. [3] [10] Most people who get infected do not remember seeing a tick or the bite. The EM rash ...

  8. Borrelia miyamotoi - Wikipedia

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    Borrelia miyamotoi is a bacterium of the spirochete phylum in the genus Borrelia.A zoonotic organism, B. miyamotoi can infect humans through the bite of several species of hard-shell Ixodes ticks, the same kind of ticks that spread B. burgdorferi, the causative bacterium of Lyme disease.

  9. How to treat bug bites, according to doctors - AOL

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    Targeted symptoms: Since bug bites can appear with some combination of redness, swelling and itchiness, allow your exact symptoms to guide your treatment choices.