Cat scratch fever can be transmitted by ticks

(written by lawrence krubner, however indented passages are often quotes). You can contact lawrence at: lawrence@krubner.com, or follow me on Twitter.

It is incredible to consider how much evil ticks do. Apparently “cat scratch fever” is only sometimes from cats, it is technically Bartonella infection, which commonly comes from tick bites.

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    http://www.cdc.gov/bartonella/transmission/index.html
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