New ticks can carry life-threatening viruses – for both humans and dogs

New ticks can carry life threatening viruses – for both humans

PLUS Watch out! Getting a tick on you is always unpleasant. The new ticks that are spreading in Sweden make it even more unpleasant. Like the tropical migratory bird tick, which can carry diseases such as the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic virus, and the variegated dog tick, which can cause severe disease in dogs.

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