Researchers in New York have completed a study which finds that ticks are more likely to carry multiple Lyme-related pathogens.

Researchers in New York have completed a study which finds that ticks are more likely to carry multiple Lyme-related pathogens.
"Not only was co-infection with the agents of Lyme disease and babesiosis greater than expected, but rates of triple infection with the agents of Lyme, babesiosis, and anaplasmosis were about twice as likely as expected."

Single tick bite can pack double pathogen punch

People who get bitten by a blacklegged tick have a higher-than-expected chance of being exposed to more than one pathogen at the same time.

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