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Disease
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Agent
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Rodent(s) involved
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Vectors
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How the Disease Spreads
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More Information
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Babesiosis
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Parasite
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Deer mice and voles
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Tick
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Bite from an infected tick.
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Babesia Infection
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California serogroup viruses (including
LaCrosse encephalitis)
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Virus
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Eastern chipmunk and tree squirrel
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Mosquito
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Bite from an infected mosquito.
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Arboviral Encephalitides
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Colorado tick fever
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Virus
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Deer mouse, bushy-tailed woodrat, ground
squirrel, porcupine, chipmunk
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Tick
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Bite from an infected tick.
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Tick Tips
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis
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Parasite
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Wild woodrat
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Sand fly
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Bite from an infected sand fly.
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Leishmania Infection
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Human granulocytic anaplasmosis
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Bacteria
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Deer mouse, dusky-footed woodrat, Mexican
woodrat, white-footed mouse
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Tick
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Bite from an infected tick.
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Human Ehrlichiosis in the United States
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Lyme disease
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Bacteria
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Peromyscus spp. (white-footed
mouse) in the northeastern and mid-western
USA and other rodents (tree squirrel) in
the western USA
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Tick
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Bite from an infected tick.
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Lyme Disease
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Murine typhus
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Bacteria
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Rats
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Flea or mite
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Bite from an infected flea or mite.
Contact of broken skin or wound with
infected flea or mite or their droppings.
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Rickettsial
Infections
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Omsk hemorrhagic fever
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Virus
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Muskrat
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Tick
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Bite from an infected tick.
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Powassan encephalitis
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Virus
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Marmot, sciurid rodents (squirrel family),
groundhog
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Tick
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Bite from an infected tick
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Outbreak of Powassan Encephalitis --- Maine
and Vermont, 1999--2001
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Scrub typhus
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Bacteria
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Rats
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Mite
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Bite from an infected mite.
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Rickettsial Infections
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Rickettsialpox
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Bacteria
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Mice
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Mite
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Bite from an infected mite.
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Rickettsial Infections
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Relapsing fever
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Bacteria
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Wild rodents
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Tick
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Bite from an infected tick.
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Relapsing Fever
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever
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Bacteria
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Wild rodents
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Tick
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Bite from an infected tick.
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Rocky Mountain Spotted
Fever
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Sylvatic typhus
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Bacteria
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Flying squirrel
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Flea, mite, louse
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Bite from an infected flea or mite.
Contact of broken skin or wound with
infected flea, mite, louse or their droppings
or inhaling their aerosolized feces.
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Rickettsial Infections
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Western equine encephalitis
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Virus
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Ground squirrel and snowshoe hare
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Mosquito
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Bite from an infected mosquito.
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Western Equine Encephalitis
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