Rare red meat allergy linked to more tick species
A rare red meat allergy, usually linked to a bite from the lone star tick, may also be caused by other tick species found in different parts of the U.S., a new report shows.
Mar 24, 2025
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Eukaryota: News and Research on Ixodes
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Half of adult ticks in the Northeast carry Lyme disease bacteria, study reveals
Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick—also called a deer tick—is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ...
Jan 16, 2025
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Lyme disease and ticks that carry it spread across the US
Lyme disease is one of the most prevalent insect-borne diseases in the country, with far more cases each year than other diseases carried by mosquitoes, fleas and ticks, such as the West Nile virus.
Oct 3, 2024
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How common is Lyme disease in California? Tick-borne infections spread across US
Lyme disease is one of the most prevalent insect-borne diseases in the country, with far more cases reported each year than other diseases carried by mosquitoes, fleas and ticks, such as West Nile virus.
Sep 26, 2024
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Ticks and the diseases they carry
In many regions of the U.S. and the world, enjoying the great outdoors comes with a hidden risk: ticks and the diseases they carry. Ticks can carry pathogens like Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia mayonii, which can cause ...
May 29, 2024
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Tick season has arrived. Protect yourself with these tips
Tick season is starting across the U.S., and experts are warning the bloodsuckers may be as plentiful as ever.
May 17, 2024
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New testing approach improves detection of rare but emerging Powassan virus spread by deer ticks
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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Video: Why confirmed cases of Lyme disease have increased
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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Tick-borne diseases: Racing to defuse a 'ticking' public health time bomb
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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Lyme disease: The pathogen's cunning strategies for persistent infection offer clues for vaccine development
Lyme disease is the leading vector-borne disease—meaning diseases that are transmitted to humans from another organism like a tick or mosquito—in North America and Europe.
Sep 22, 2023
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