Babesiosis, Lyme Disease, Anaplasmosis — United States
Doctors in Oregon have described what might be one of the unluckiest encounters between man and tick ever documented. They report treating a 70-year-old man who became sick with 3 entirely different infections after a single tick bite.
According to a recent case study, published last month [April 2021] in BMJ Case Reports [], the man visited an emergency room with symptoms of fever, nausea, and a distinct swelling around his ankle along with leg pain. Tests showed that he had anemia (a low
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