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What causes tick bite fever?

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Dr. Barton Cook answered

Specializes in Pediatric Cardiology

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.

Dr Villaplana and another doctor agreed

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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