Mastodawn

#NovaScotia, #Quebec, and #Ontario see about 500 cases a year of #Anaplasmosis, which is an infection contracted by humans and animals caused by the Anaplasma phagocytophilum bacteria and spread by #ticks. Treatment is the same as for Lyme disease, but the bites don't have the bull's-eye rash.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/the-dose/anaplasmosis-ticks-1.7239603

Anaplasmosis is a tick-borne disease that's on the rise in Canada | CBC Radio

Tick experts are warning Canadians to be on the lookout for symptoms of anaplasmosis, a tick-borne disease whose case counts have been steadily increasing over the past 15 years.

CBC