Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI) 
Detailed information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on this recently discovered disease, which is similar to Lyme disease.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/stari/Borrelia lonestari DNA in Adult Amblyomma americanum Ticks, Alabama
Article from the Centers for Disease Control.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no3/burkot.htm
Tickborne Disease Puzzles Scientists
UPI article on a new tick-borne ailment of the southern United States that has been dubbed Master's disease or Southern tick-associated rash illness.
http://www.applesforhealth.com/HealthySurvival/tibps4.html
