More people are becoming allergic to meat and dairy, especially on Martha's Vineyard, all because of a tiny tick.

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You know Lyme disease. But across areas of the Northeast, incidents of "anaplasmosis" – a different vector-borne illness – have been on the uptick.

Ticks are found across Virginia in all settings, from rural to urban, and can cause several diseases that can affect people.

State scientists said that rare exotic tick species that were detected in the state likely got there by hitchhiking on human travelers.

Tick bites are also a source of potential infections. Lyme disease is spread by deer ticks -- tiny, black-brown arachnids about the size of a sesame seed.

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A Boston baby is hospitalized with seizures and brain damage after a tick bite on Martha's Vineyard may have led to Powassan virus, which transmits faster than Lyme disease.

Aside from the pending investigation, there has only been one case of Powassan virus on the island in the past 20 years.