What are tick-borne co-infections?
Tick-borne co-infections may be transmitted simultaneously with a Lyme disease tick bite, and can include: Babesiosis (a malaria-like infection caused by Babesia protozoa that parasitize red blood cells); Ehrlichiosis (a bacterial infection caused by several types of rickettsiae, which invade and kill white blood cells. There are two types of human ehrlichiosis: human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE), and human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME)). For more information on tick-borne co-infections: LymeNet – The New Lyme Disease http://www2.lymenet.org/domino/file.
