{"id":1913,"date":"2023-03-22T11:11:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=1913"},"modified":"2023-03-22T11:11:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:11:12","slug":"tick-borne-parasite-is-spreading-in-the-northeast-cdc-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=1913","title":{"rendered":"Tick-borne parasite is spreading in the Northeast, CDC says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A tick-borne illness called babesiosis is spreading in the northeastern U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20295%20166'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/uGPhtsZ9XMBnAK7RyFnMhM-320-80.jpg\" alt=\"close up of a deer tick on a blade of grass reaching one of its legs towards a bare human leg\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/uGPhtsZ9XMBnAK7RyFnMhM-320-80.jpg\" alt=\"close up of a deer tick on a blade of grass reaching one of its legs towards a bare human leg\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A tick-borne illness called babesiosis is becoming more common in the northeastern U.S.\u00a0(Image credit: kmatija via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A tick-borne illness called babesiosis is becoming more common in the northeastern U.S.&nbsp;(Image credit: kmatija via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A tick-borne parasite has invaded new territory in the northeastern U.S. and can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/what-is-an-endemic-disease\"><u>now be considered &#8220;endemic&#8221;<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;in three additional states, meaning it now regularly infects people in places where it didn&#8217;t before.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The microscopic parasite, a single-celled organism called\u00a0<em>Babesia microti<\/em>, can spread to humans through the bites of blacklegged ticks (<em>Ixodes scapularis<\/em>), also called deer ticks. The parasite invades red blood cells and causes an infection called babesiosis. Many babesiosis cases are asymptomatic, but some people develop flu-like symptoms, such as fever, body aches and fatigue, according to the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/parasites\/babesiosis\/disease.html\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/u><\/a>(opens in new tab)\u00a0(CDC).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/tick-borne-parasite-is-spreading-in-the-northeast-cdc-says\">https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/tick-borne-parasite-is-spreading-in-the-northeast-cdc-says<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tick-borne illness called babesiosis is spreading in the northeastern U.S. A tick-borne illness called babesiosis is becoming more common in the northeastern U.S.&nbsp;(Image credit: kmatija via Getty Images) A tick-borne parasite has invaded new territory in the northeastern U.S. and can&nbsp;now be considered &#8220;endemic&#8221;&nbsp;in three additional states, meaning it now regularly infects people in places where it didn&#8217;t before.&nbsp; The microscopic parasite, a single-celled organism called\u00a0Babesia microti, can spread to humans through the bites of blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1914,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1913\/revisions\/1914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}