Lyme Disease and Other Tickborne Diseases in Pennsylvania

Summary • Tick bite-related emergency department visits have increased recently in Pennsylvania. • Health care providers should have a heightened clinical suspicion for tickborne diseases in persons with clinically compatible symptoms. • Rare tickborne diseases, including B. miyamotoi and Powassan virus, continue to be found in ticks in multiple Pennsylvania counties and human cases have been reported. • Alpha gal allergy syndrome has been reported in Pennsylvania residents; health care providers should