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Another Tick-Borne Disease To Worry About

Called ALSV, the virus causes headache and fever and was found in Inner Mongolia. Scientists say the discovery illustrates how much we still don't know about ticks.
This photo depicts two <em>Haemaphysalis longicornis</em> ticks, commonly known as the longhorned tick. It <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/02/27/588408433/asian-ticks-mysteriously-turned-up-on-a-new-jersey-sheep">has been linked</a> to the spread of a hemorrhagic fever in China. The smaller of the two ticks on the left is a nymph. The larger tick is an adult female.

When a tick bores into your skin, anchoring itself for what can be a leisurely meal while often spreading germs, it isn't just Lyme disease that you have to worry about.

Various kinds of ticks have been shown to carry at least 16 different diseases in the U.S alone that can infect humans, according to the . Now add one more to the global list of ills that a tick bite can

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