Sandbox:Rina Ghorpade

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"Rina Ghorpade,MD[1]" Advanced heart failure. Redirect MI Majority of cases of HGA are transmitted by two different ticks in the USA.

General information ixodes scapularis ixodes pacificus
Distribution in the USA Northest and midwestern USA West cost of the USA
Other names Eastern black-legged tick/deer tick Western black legged tick/deer tick
Diseases transmitted
  • Babesia microti (Human babesiosis)
  • Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme Disease)
  • Borrelia miyamotoi (Relapsing fever borreliosis)
  • Ehrlichia muris / EML agent (Ehrlichiosis)
  • Powassan virus (Encephalitis)
  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Anaplasmosis)
  • Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme Disease)
  • Borrelia miyamotoi (Relapsing fever borreliosis)
  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Anaplasmosi
Preferred hosts White-tailed black-tailed deer and large/medium-sized mammals Columbian black-tailed deer and large/medium-sized mammals