A St. Louis-area man has died of a tick-borne disease, the first death related to ticks this year in Missouri.
Laboratory analysis showed the unnamed man was infected with a bacteria that causes ehrlichiosis, a disease similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
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The disease can cause symptoms ranging from those similar to the flu to renal failure and difficulty breathing.
The man's family says he found an attached tick after a fishing trip in northeast Missouri. He was hospitalized and given antibiotics, but his condition deteriorated rapidly.
The case was one of nine cases of tick-borne diseases reported recently.
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