Problem

Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis

Other Names:
HGE
Nature:
HGE is carried by ticks and infects humans similarly to the bacterium causing Lyme disease. Its symptoms are flu-like, with fevers and chills, nausea, severe headaches, muscular ache and malaise. It does not produce a bull's eye rash. If treatment is delayed more than a few days, the risk of death increases.
Incidence:
HGE occurs about one third as frequently as Lyme disease, and the same tick can carry both diseases. In one hour's walk in the Northeastern USA woods, one might encounter 4 ticks carrying HGE.
Broader Problems:
Tick-borne diseases
Related Problems:
Babesiosis
Lyme disease
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 1: No PovertyGOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being
Problem Type:
G: Very specific problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST