Anaplasmosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilium. This pathogen is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected tick. The black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis) is the vector of A. phagocytophilum in the northeast and upper midwestern United States.The western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus) is the primary vector in Northern California.he black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis) is the vector of A. phagocytophilum in the northeast and upper midwestern United States. The western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus) is the primary vector in Northern California.
Big Apple is a nickname for New York City. It was first popularized in the 1920s by John J. Fitz Gerald, a sports writer for the New York Morning Telegraph.Its popularity since the 1970s is due to a promotional campaign by the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau, known now as NYC & Company.he Big Apple was first popularized as a reference to New York City by John J. Fitz Gerald in a number of New York Morning Telegraph articles in the 1920s in reference to New York horse-racing.
10 Economic Facts That Will Make You Proud To Live In New York City. New Yorkers have always felt their city is THE city. But now there's data to back it up. The New York City Economic Development Corporation, a private, non-profit corporation that promotes business in New York City compiled statistics on New York's economy. It shows that right now, the unemployment rate in New York State and New York City is lower than the nation as a whole, and lower than that of Texas.