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Lyme disease found in nearly 40% of ticks during large Pennsylvania study
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Pennsylvania has the most cases of Lyme disease in the U.S. Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness. Dan Gleiter, PennLive HARHAR
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Nearly 40% of deer ticks tested positive for Lyme disease in the largest countywide study of the parasitic arachnids ever conducted in Pennsylvania.
Among 1,000 deer ticks tested, 38.77% were found to be carrying the pathogen, according to a report released Wednesday by Pike County’s Tick Borne Diseases Task Force. They also are known as blacklegged ticks.
Batonellosis, which causes a range of diseases in humans, including cat scratch fever, trench fever and Carrion’s disease, was the second most found pathogen, carried by 18.52% of the ticks. ....

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