The most common tick found on humans in Georgia is the lone star tick—an aggressive seeker of blood that can spread dangerous pathogens through its bites.
Apr 5, 2024
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Researchers at the New England Regional Center of Vector-Borne Diseases at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have come up with a new, more accurate method for detecting in ticks the emerging Powassan virus, which can ...
Mar 26, 2024
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Recent tracking rule changes led to a significant increase in reported Lyme disease cases in the U.S.
Feb 26, 2024
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An outbreak of deadly tick-borne disease is occurring among people who've recently been to Baja California in Mexico, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns.
Dec 11, 2023
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You likely know that Lyme disease can be spread by ticks, but have you heard of babesiosis?
Nov 15, 2023
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The explosive rise in tick-borne diseases in many parts of the United States over the last five decades represents a major public health threat that demands innovative solutions, warns a group of Yale scientists. In a new ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Suckling mouse inoculation has been used for years to isolate viruses from ticks; however, this method has usually been only briefly described in the literature on a case-by-case basis upon successful isolation rather than ...
Aug 30, 2023
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Earlier this year, the UK Health Security Agency confirmed a case of tick-borne encephalitis—a potentially deadly virus carried by ticks that causes brain inflammation. A British man is also said to have contracted alpha-gal ...
Aug 22, 2023
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You may have heard about alpha-gal syndrome also known as the meat allergy illness or tick bite meat allergy. In a recent report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says more than 110,000 suspected cases ...
Aug 2, 2023
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A team of medical scientists at Laboratoire de Santé Animale, working with colleagues from the Czech Academy of Sciences, the Nature Research Centre and the University of Guelph, has developed a type of vaccine meant to ...
