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Learn more about ticks and the diseases they carry

...anaplasmosis, and babesiosis, the last seen measurably less because it most often affects people who have a compromised immune system or who have had their spleen removed. The tiny deer tick, or black legged tick, is the transmitter of...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-06-19/learn-more-about-ticks-and-diseases-
News | Outdoors | Tick-borne diseases
TICK-BORNE DISEASES PART TWO: Protection, early detection

...may be infected but their immune system is able to fight off the infection, which the elderly or those with compromised immune systems may not be able to do. People can have more than one tick-borne disease at the same time. Keeping the tick, if one is...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-06-08/tick-borne-diseases-part-two-protect
News | Outdoors | Tick-borne diseases
Brainerd Dispatch: News | Brainerd, Minnesota | Brainerd Lakes Area News on brainerddispatch.com

...the first time, the vaccine is recommended not just for high risk groups - the young and old or those with compromised immune systems - but for everyone from 6 months and older. Margie Young, senior administrative technical specialist...

http://www.brainerddispatch.com/stories/120310/new_20101203024.shtml
Wolves--mange & more

...pores of the skin multiply out of control. It is not contagious, but seemingly appears in animals having a compromised immune system or a hereditary predisposition, with makes pups unable to keep the mites under control. There are two forms...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/022799/out_0227990008.shtml
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Supervalu expands recall of ground beef

...cause bloody diarrhea and dehydration, headache and nausea. The very young, the elderly, and persons with compromised immune systems are the most susceptible to food-borne illness. The bacteria can be killed by cooking meat to an internal...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/120400/new_1204000020.shtml
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Another Amish child has polio

...community members are tested. The first case appeared in an infant hospitalized for health problems related to a compromised immune system. The virus then spread to three siblings of a family that wasn't related to the infant's family but had...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/102005/new_1020050042.shtml
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Area woman battles rare condition

...won't be able to attend the benefit planned for her Friday at the American Legion in Brainerd because of her compromised immune system but her pastor is going to set up a Webcast so she can see and speak to everybody at the benefit from her Baxter...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/081809/new_20090818005.shtml
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City to chlorinate water after coliform detected

...people boil their water. However, as a precautionary measure, people with infants, the elderly, people with compromised immune systems and people with other health problems should seek alternative sources of water, either from filtered and tested...

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Chlorinating with the flip of a switch

...report of anyone getting sick from drinking water contaminated with it. As a precaution, he said people with compromised immune systems - young children, the elderly or people with health issues - or people who are concerned about the water can...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/082609/new_20090826043.shtml
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Chlorinaton expected to take all week

...non-acute violation that doesn't pose a health risk to residents. However, as a precaution, people with compromised immune systems - young children, the elderly or people with health issues - or people who are concerned about the water can...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/090909/new_20090909039.shtml
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