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Source: http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2012/05/tick-borne-disease-babesiosis
May 30, 2012 | 1:20 PM |
By Carey Goldberg
Rare But Dangerous Tick-Borne Diseases Doubled In Mass. Last Year
...I?m passing along some worrisome statistics I just learned from Dr. Catherine Brown, the state public health veterinarian, about the rise of two other tick-borne diseases. They?re both far rarer than Lyme Disease but don?t relax; they?re also both potentially fatal.
They?re called babesiosis and anaplasmosis, and confirmed cases of both effectively doubled from the 2010 numbers to 2011. They still remain extremely uncommon. Even after the doubling, there were 191 confirmed Massachusetts cases of babesiosis in 2011, and 140 confirmed cases of anaplasmosis. But when numbers rise so dramatically, Dr. Brown said, ?It makes us notice...?
May 30, 2012 | 1:20 PM |
By Carey Goldberg
Rare But Dangerous Tick-Borne Diseases Doubled In Mass. Last Year
...I?m passing along some worrisome statistics I just learned from Dr. Catherine Brown, the state public health veterinarian, about the rise of two other tick-borne diseases. They?re both far rarer than Lyme Disease but don?t relax; they?re also both potentially fatal.
They?re called babesiosis and anaplasmosis, and confirmed cases of both effectively doubled from the 2010 numbers to 2011. They still remain extremely uncommon. Even after the doubling, there were 191 confirmed Massachusetts cases of babesiosis in 2011, and 140 confirmed cases of anaplasmosis. But when numbers rise so dramatically, Dr. Brown said, ?It makes us notice...?