This is the story of a man that was experiencing chest pains, high fever, chills and uncontrollable shaking. It turns out that he is infected with a very common blood parasite called Babesia. A small tick that he probably picked up while he was jogging and hiking through some brush.

This blood parasite survives by sucking the blood of the human host. Eventually, the human host will begin to experience malaria-like symptoms. It has the potential to be fatal in humans, as the parasite causes the red blood cells to breakdown from the inside.

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