1.   And some ticks transmit Lyme disease, which starts with a rash and can cause brain and heart troubles.

2.   Increasingly, it appears that the infections transmitted by ticks take advantage of the conditions created by this chemical cocktail, Wikel said.

3.   Lyme disease, which causes arthritis-like symptoms that can persist for many years, is transmitted by ticks.

4.   The doctors also considered another parasitic infection, babesiosis, which is transmitted by ticks and has occurred on Shelter Island, off eastern Long Island.

5.   Ticks can transmit Lyme disease, which is a form of arthritis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Ehrlichiosis, which is similar to spotted fever without the rash.

6.   Piroplasmosis, transmitted by ticks, is common in Europe and South America and can be fatal.

7.   Equine encephalitis, which can also be transmitted by ticks, sometimes is confused with sleeping sickness and can cause permanent brain damage.

8.   Lyme disease, which is usually transmitted by ticks and treated with antibiotics, causes fatigue, fever and joint pain.

9.   Lyme disease, which is usually transmitted by ticks, causes fatigue, fever and joint pain.

10.   The disease is a parasitic blood disorder transmitted by ticks that causes fever and swelling and, very often, the death of infected horses.