Warning as tick bites kill eight people and leave child hospitalized

Mexican health authorities have issued a warning amid the rise in infections and death caused by tick bites in the northern state of Chihuahua.

Health figures show that 16 people have died from rickettsia this year in the state.

Eight of the 10 tick-born illness cases resulted in deaths in Ciudad Juárez, the border city across from El Paso, .

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