Lyme Disease -- Switzerland
Physicians in Switzerland have seen a sharp increase in the number of tick bites as well as cases of Lyme disease this year [2016]. As of the end of July [2016], doctors across the nation had treated 22 000 people for tick bites. In comparison, the whole of 2015 saw just 14 300 visits, according to the Federal Office of Public Health. The figure is the highest since the office started recording tick bite cases in 2008.
The high number of tick bites is also associated with a higher number of
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