Bacterial Tick Borne Disease
Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, can be transmitted by:

• Deer tick:
• The deer tick is actually more common on wild mice than on deer.
• These ticks are much smaller than the common dog tick
• Found in northern and north-central US
• Western black-legged ticks:
• These ticks are much smaller than the common dog tick
• Found in the Pacific US and British Columbia
• Lone star tick:
• Has white dot in the middle of the back
• Some distribution in the northeastern US extending into the southeastern US

Ehrlichiosis, caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis, can be transmitted by:

• Ehrlichiosis tick
• American dog tick
• Found in the Southeastern US
• Deer tick
• Lone Star tick

Rocky Mountain spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, can be transmitted by:

• American Dog tick
• Found in the Southeastern US
• Rocky Mountain Wood Tick
• Found in the Western US

Other rare bacterial tick borne diseases include:

• Relapsing fever, caused by Borrelia bacteria.
• Tularemia, caused by Francisella tularensis.
• Q fever, caused by Coxiella burnetii.
• Boutonneuse fever, caused by Rickettsia conorii.

Viral Tick Borne Disease
Colorado tick fever, caused by an Orbivirus, can be transmitted by:

• American Dog tick
• Found in the Southeastern US
• Rocky Mountain Wood Tick (Dermacentor andersoni)
• Found in the Western US

Rare tick borne viral diseases include:

• Congo hemorrhagic fever
• Other arbovirus infection

Parasitic Tick Borne Disease

• Babesiosis
• A rare parasitic infection caused by Babesia microti.