Co-infections

A single tick bite can transmit more than one pathogen simultaneously, because major tick-borne pathogens share the same vectors and reservoir hosts. The white-footed mouse is the principal reservoir for *Borrelia burgdorferi* (Lyme disease bacterium), *Babesia microti* (Babesia parasite), and *Anaplasma phagocytophilum* (anaplasmosis bacterium) making coinfection a predictable consequence of the…

This article is still in our research and editorial process and will be published soon. The shape of what it will cover is captured below.

Questions this article will answer

• What tick-borne diseases can you get from a single tick bite?

While you wait — related published articles

• Lyme Disease — covers Lyme disease as a standalone disease entity

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