In fact, most ticks in the Fort Lee area are Lone Star Ticks and carry other diseases, such as Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis. ... If the vector feeds on a human for its next meal, ...

While Lyme Disease isn't common among them, they can carry Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis. Of the ticks tested last year, three percent were carriers of HME.

Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis The most common etiologic agent that causes human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis (HME) is Ehrlichia chaffeensis , whereas Anaplasma phagocytophilum is often responsible ...

Clinical manifestations, epidemiology, and laboratory diagnosis of human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis in a commercial laboratory setting. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 2003;10:891-896. PubMed.