A tick-borne illness called babesiosis is spreading in the northeastern U.S.
A tick-borne parasite has invaded new territory in the northeastern U.S. and can now be considered"endemic" in three additional states, meaning it now regularly infects people in places where it didn't before.
More rarely, babesiosis can be severe and even deadly. Those at risk of serious infections include older people, people with weakened immune systems, those with serious conditions like liver or kidney disease and those without a spleen — an immune-related organ that is sometimes removed for medical reasons.
"Based on the increasing numbers of cases, trends in rates, and the parasite's presence in ticks within the states, CDC now considers babesiosis to be endemic in these states," the MMWR authors noted. RELATED STORIES—9 out of 10 ticks in this Pennsylvania park carried a potentially fatal neurological virus—Lyme disease-carrying ticks may invade new territory in the Midwest
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