“Amazeze nemikhaza kungase kungabi umcabango wakho wokuqala ngesihloko sokubulala izikelemu, kodwa lezi zinambuzane zingadlulisela izifo eziyingozi kuwe nasezifuyweni zakho. Imikhaza isakaza izifo ezinzima, njenge-Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, i-Ehrlichia, isifo seLyme kanye ne-Anaplasmosis phakathi kwezinye. Lezi zifo kungaba nzima ukuzixilonga futhi zibe yingozi uma zingelashwa kusenesikhathi;tngakho-ke, ukuvimbela ngokulawula umkhaza kungcono kakhulu.

Amazeze angasakaza izifo eziningi zebhaktheriya kanye nezikelemu ze-tapeworm ngaphezu kokubangela ukungezwani okukhulu. Izilwane eziningi zasendle zithwala amazeze futhi zisebenza njengomthombo wezifo. Lapho isilwane esifuywayo singenwa amazeze, noma igciwane, isilwane sasendle singena endaweni, amazeze angangena ngokushesha endaweni ezungezile.