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NEW YORK (PIX11) – It is summer, and it is also tick season. Most commonly, people contract Lyme disease after getting a tick bite. But this year, a less common illness is hitting our area, and at least four cases are currently being reported on Long Island.
A Riverhead woman is being treated for tularemia, the rare disease known as rabbit fever after being bitten by her cat, an infectious disease doctor at Peconic Bay Medical Center said Wednesday. This would be the fourth such case in Suffolk County this year.