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A member asked:
So i'm curious if i contract a disease from a tick, how long will it be before serious side effects set in?
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Depends: Depends on the disease, lyme, rocky mountain spotted fever, tularemia, babeosis, stari. The earliest would be a few days.
Answered 2/16/2015
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