New Swiss study on ticks finds nearly all carry pathogens 18/11/2023 BY LE NEWS LEAVE A COMMENT A recently published study shows 84% of ticks collected in urban areas and 77% of those in rural areas in Switzerland contained at least one non-viral pathogen in addition to a number of viruses. Almost every tick has the potential to make you sick, said Cornel Fraefel, a virologist from the University of Zurich who was involved in the study. Photo by Erik Karits on Pexels.com Researchers collected and tested a total of 10,286 ticks from rural and urban areas in ten Swiss cantons in 2021 and 2022. The most common bacteria found were from the Rickettsia group. These pathogens can cause a whole range of diseases that can cause fever, chills and headaches and were found in 70.8% of the ticks. Borrelia, which is responsible for Lyme disease, was found in many ticks. In urban areas, 8.2% contained the disease and in rural areas 1.9% did. The Alongshan virus (ALSV), which was first detected in
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