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Tick-borne diseases are diseases or illnesses transmitted by ticks. As the incidence of tick-borne illnesses increases and the geographic areas in which they are found expand it becomes increasingly important that health workers be able to distinguish the diverse and often overlapping clinical presentations of these diseases.Tick-borne illnesses are caused by infection with a variety of pathogens including rickettsia and other types of bacteria viruses and protozoa.