Anaplasmosis - caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum and found in the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis.
Lyme Disease - Lyme disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and found in the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis.
Borrelia mayonii - Lyme disease caused by Borrelia mayonii and found in the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis(currently not found in NJ). Lyme disease in New Jersey is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi.
Borrelia miyamotoi - Closely related to TBRF, Borrelia miyamotoi is found in the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis.
Ehrlichiosis - Caused by several bacteria and transmitted primarily by the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum).
Tick-borne Relapsing Fever (TBRF) - Cused by Borrelia bacteria, transmitted by soft tick in the genus Ornithodoros. Currently not in NJ.
Tularemia - "Rabbit fever," caused by Francisella tularensis and transmitted by Dermacentor ticks, lone star ticks Amblyomma americanum as well as deer flies and the handling of infected skins/animals.
Protozoal
Babesiosis - caused by Babesia microti found in nymphal black-legged tick Ixodes scapularis.
Ricketsial
Spotted fever group rickettsioses - Several spotted fevers including Rocky Mountain spotted fever caused by different rickettsia and transmitted by American dog tick Dermacentor variabilis, brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus and other ticks.
Bourbon virus - a thogotovirus transmitted by unknown species of tick (currently not found in NJ).
Colorado Tick Fever - a coltivirus transmitted by Rocky Mountain wood tick Dermacentor andersoni (currently not found in NJ).
Heartland virus - A phlebovirus that can be transmitted by the lone star tick Amblyomma americanum as well as mosquitoes and sand flies. Not currently in NJ.
Powassan virus - A flavivirus transmitted by the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis and other Ixodes.
