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Tick bites can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tick-borne relapsing fever.
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Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2024
Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2024
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tick-borne
adjective
: capable of being transmitted by the bites of ticks
tick-borne encephalitis
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