Rickettsia rickettsii

And, you know, of course, the problem right now is it's not even just the deer tick.

The Lone Star tick, Ambuloma americanum, um this is carrying a bunch of organisms that also can be deadly with tularemia ehrlichia alpha gal syndrome the red meat allergy that's now affecting about a half a million americans rickettsia rickettsii rocky mountain spotted fever um star eye southern tick associated rash illness it kind of looks like lime but it's not the same borrelia and then viruses like heartland and bourbon virus which can be deadly just like the poisson where you can die from getting these viruses in your body so We're in the middle of a tick epidemic right now with the chronic disease epidemic.

So people really need to pay attention and integrate prevention measures when they go outside to enjoy the great outdoors.

Do we have these many ticks back in the 20s and 1900s and 1800s? It seems like there's so many more ticks now than there used to be.

So first of all, when you get a tick bite, it doesn't mean you necessarily get these infections in the tick.

So, you know, one thing that people need to realize about how fast you can get tick-borne infections is the Powassan virus, which is in the Ixodes deer tick, can theoretically be transmitted within 15 minutes of a tick bite.

And Rickettsia rickettsii, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, can be transmitted within 10 minutes of a tick bite.

And the all-time winner, by the way, is Borrelia hermsi, soft tip relaxing fever, within five minutes.