Dr. James Thatcher of the Aspirus Tick-Borne Illness Center in Woodruff sat down with The Lakeland Times recently to talk about himself, new job in the Northwoods, tick associated illnesses and more. (Photo by Trevor Greene/Lakeland Times)
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Dr. Thatcher and tick-borne illness
Part 2 of a series with HYMC
Ticks are everywhere in the Northwoods. While lyme disease is the most popular tick-borne illness people hear about, there are a number of others a person can contract from tick bites — from anaplasmosis, the second most common tick-spread illness in Wisconsin, to Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a less common illness for people in Wisconsin yet one of the most serious.
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