What Is Anaplasmosis?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
2. Transmission
Anaplasmosis is not transmitted from person to person. Instead, it is transmitted through the bites of an infected tick. The ticks responsible will gladly feed on other animals including deer and mice. These animals may have been infected with the bacterium that is responsible for anaplasmosis.
If a tick feeds from an infected animal, then the tick itself will become infected. The tick will then fall off its host until it is time to feed again. On finding a new host to feed off, it will bite into their skin. Any pathogen that tick is infected with can then infect their new host. Transmission is made more likely by the fact that the tick will hold on and feed for 24-48 hours.
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