Common Pests

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Ticks

Health departments investigate several tickborne infections including Lyme disease, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, and spotted fever rickettsiosis.

Size of the black-legged tick at different life stages. Image courtesy of CDC.

•  Preventing Tick Bites on People
• Tickborne Infections (Wisconsin Department of Health Services)

Tickborne Infections in Wisconsin:

• Anaplasmosis
• Babesiosis (Babesia infection)
• Ehrlichiosis
• Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi infection)
• Powassan virus infection
• Spotted fever rickettsiosis - includes Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) and typhus fever

For more information, contact the Marathon County Health Department at (715) 261-1900.

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