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What causes tick bite fever?
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Depends: Lyme disease, rocky mountain spotted fever, ehrlichiosis, tularemia, babesiosis, colorado tick fever, anaplasmosis, q fever, etc. It depends upon where you were when you received the tick bite. Different diseases are endemic in different areas.
Answered 8/13/2013
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Tick bite: It is from the saliva of a tick that has bitten you.
Answered 3/27/2013
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