As summer rolls in I feel like every day there is a new disease carried by ticks. At first I thought it was a dirty blood issue but mosquitoes don’t carry the same diseases. Yes I know mosquitos are also bad.
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As any critter that sucks blood for a meal, it’s not the bite that causes the problem, but the eventual parasite, virus or bacteria that use the critter as an Uber to reach our body. Parasites normally have a specific host to came aboard. Some need a tick, and don’t affect mosquitoes, or vice-versa, others need a specific species to do the job.
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