BEWARE ! TICKS POSE A THREAT IN U.S.

In recent years, health officials in the Northeast report seeing a number of cases of Borrelia miyamotoi (B. miyamotoi), a much rarer tick-borne illness. In the U.S., it is transmitted by the black-legged or \”deer\” tick (Ixodes scapularis) and the Western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus), both of which are known to carry Lyme disease as well anaplasmosis and babesiosis, two other tick-borne illnesses.