Vermont reports doubling in anaplasmosis cases in 2017

Anaplasmosis is a tickborne disease caused by bacteria called Anaplasma phagocytophilum. It is spread by the bite of an infected blacklegged tick, the same tick that transmits Lyme disease, babesiosis, Borrelia miyamotoi and Powassan virus. In Vermont since 2010, the number of cases reported annually has increased, roughly doubling year after year-three cases in 2010, 2011 (10 cases), 2012 (17), ["]

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