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Calls For Vigilance Amid Uptick In Tick-Borne Illnesses
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We all know the risks of contracting Lyme Disease, which infects an estimated 300,000 Americans each year. But now, public health officials are urging people to be on the lookout other tick-borne illnesses, which are also on the rise.
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Carey Goldberg, co-host of WBUR's CommonHealth blog, which tweets @commonhealth.
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- "(T)icks can carry a whole array of nasty bugs — with obscure names like babesiosis and Borrelia miyamotoi — and that, though much less common, they, too, are on the rise, following more slowly behind the inexorable march of Lyme disease."</li
This segment aired on July 13, 2015.