P08 – (Lyme-Disease-Canada)

P08 - (Lyme-Disease-Canada)
OTTAWA. x--10s. Lyme disease has settled so deeply into parts of Canada, many public health units now just assume if you get bitten by a tick, you should be treated for the potentially debilitating bacteria. Dr. Vera Etches at the Ottawa Health Unit says that means if a tick is found on a person, and is believed to have been there for more than 24 hours, the patient should get antibiotics to prevent Lyme infection.
("..to Lyme disease.") (SOURCE:The Canadian Press)

TAG: The Ottawa Public Health Unit no longer bothers to test ticks because it's assumed they carry the illness. More than half of the ticks tested in some neighbourhoods of the nation's capital carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. Similar rates of Lyme disease have been found in parts of every province except Alberta, Saskatchewan, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador.

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