What Is Bartonella?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
3. Transmission
There are a number of biting parasites that can carry the bacterium, including ticks, lice and fleas. It is thought that ticks are responsible when people catch bartonellosis. In cases where the patient is aware of being bitten by a tick. Lyme disease was also often present as ticks are able to carry more than one pathogen.
Research has also shown that ticks can spread the bacterium to other animals. This can increase the transmission rate because it means a tick is more likely to feed off an infected animal before then biting a person. It is also thought that the disease can also be passed on from a pregnant mother to her developing fetus.
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