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What you need to know about a new tick-borne disease on the rise in Nova Scotia
CBC News · Posted: Aug 31, 2022 4:37 PM AT | Last Updated: August 31
A new tick-borne disease called anaplasmosis is on the rise in Nova Scotia.
The disease is transferred to people through the bite of a black-legged tick, similar to Lyme disease.
Dr. Todd Hatchette, the chief of microbiology for the central zone of Nova Scotia Health, said last year there were only a handful of cases in the province. This year, there have been 75.
"This is a large jump," Hatchette told CBC Radio's Mainstreet on Tuesday.
"Probably not totally unexpected knowing that we have seen this particular bacteria in the ticks in the last tick survey that was done in 2016, so it was just sort of a matter of time before it made the leap into humans."..
What you need to know about a new tick-borne disease on the rise in Nova Scotia
CBC News · Posted: Aug 31, 2022 4:37 PM AT | Last Updated: August 31
A new tick-borne disease called anaplasmosis is on the rise in Nova Scotia.
The disease is transferred to people through the bite of a black-legged tick, similar to Lyme disease.
Dr. Todd Hatchette, the chief of microbiology for the central zone of Nova Scotia Health, said last year there were only a handful of cases in the province. This year, there have been 75.
"This is a large jump," Hatchette told CBC Radio's Mainstreet on Tuesday.
"Probably not totally unexpected knowing that we have seen this particular bacteria in the ticks in the last tick survey that was done in 2016, so it was just sort of a matter of time before it made the leap into humans."..