New Tick-Borne Disease Confirmed in the Northeast — Why Rickettsia parkeri Matters Now
Another tick-borne disease has officially arrived in the Northeast. Last week, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) confirmed the first locally acquired human case of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis in the state. For those of us treating complex tick-borne infections, this is a critical shift. R. parkeri, a spotted fever group Rickettsia, has previously been limited to the Southeast U.S. But its…
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