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Tick born disease spreading through Lower Hudson Valley in NY

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    20 hospitalized after babesiosis spike

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Doesn't mean I can't.

-- -- This -- is Alex would worth's mother was -- did not what she found -- tic on her son.

Now she had another disease to worry about it's a malaria like disease called.

That the CEO access when he got to take our concern about Lyme Disease because we're all familiar with that but to hear that -- something else to be concerned about is scary I mean.

That's where we have.

Doctors say the Vizio says has spiked in the lower and mid Hudson Valley counties like Westchester dutchess and all star.

And has increased in the past year symptoms include fever tiredness headaches wedding and muscle pain.

About twenty people have been hospitalized and at least one has died from the growing illness.

In this region to -- she didn't even occur until 2001.

Even though we had lots of Lyme Disease for decades.

It wasn't -- 2002.

Until 2001 that we Stevens had a case of the BCS -- in our region.

And it's just taken off.

Like Lyme Disease the culprit is the deer tick but you don't have to be exposed to it take to get it.

A pregnant woman from Ulster county gave it to her baby and he can also be spread through donated blood.

If you donate blood you can transmit -- to the person that receives your blood.

In fact in the United States today the most common infectious cause of blood transfusion.

Related infection is -- BCS's.

Residents we spoke to were glad to be armed with knowledge of the growing problem.

If you get any symptoms and you know the symptoms at least you could say to your doctor could you looked into this forest so.

-- I guess awareness is always the most important thing here.

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