Animals also drive up tick numbers. Ground-foraging birds, as well as deer and rodents are all major hosts. As they are not usually painful, you won’t realise you’ve been bitten straight away. “They ...
Fortunately, you can repel ticks and help prevent their bites. Ticks are tiny arachnids (relatives of spiders) that bite and feed on blood. They are more active in the warmer months, but a tick can ...
While most cases are caused by tick bites, less common ways of getting infected with babesiosis include getting a blood transfusion that has the parasite in it or a mother with the infection ...