As June approaches, New England also witnesses its tick season. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has suggested people to take some precautionary measures to avoid Lyme disease linked to ticks.

Northeasterners are quite familiar with the tiny black-legged or 'deer' tick and its cousin the Western black-legged tick.

These tiny bugs are also blamed for causing the crippling effects of Lyme disease. According to CDC, its symptoms include fever, headache, fatigue, and a characteristic skin rash called erythema migrans.

Experts said if the infection is left untreated, it can spread to joints, the heart, and the nervous system.

Now here's a more bad news as experts said these ticks can also be responsible for causing miyamotoi, anaplasmosis and babesiosis.

A recent edition of Newsweek showed that B. miyamotoi causes many flu-like symptoms similar to Lyme disease, including headache, fever, muscle aches and joint pain.

Only about 10% of patients in this study had the telltale bull's-eye rash around the bite, compared with nearly all people who get Lyme disease, said experts.

The CDC has advised people to use insect repellent, remove ticks promptly, applying pesticides, and reducing tick habitat. They also recommended not to forge your pets, and must check them when they come inside.

According to the CDC, in 2013, 95% of confirmed Lyme disease cases were reported from 14 states, with Connecticut and Massachusetts at the top of the list.

Experts suggested that if a person finds a tell-tale circular rash anywhere on body then he/she must immediately consult to a doctor. Ticks do not fly, jump or hang, they attach when people and dogs brush against low trees, grass, bushes and shrubs, and the ticks jump on, they said.