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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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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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In 2021, there were 3,035 reports of arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) in the United States, including 2,911 caused by West Nile virus, according to research published in the August 25 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
Aug 29, 2023
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High summer is here, but many heading to forests and fields reach not for shorts and a T-shirt, but long sleeves, pants, and a shot of bug spray, hoping to keep a threat at bay: the deer ticks that carry Lyme disease.
Jul 26, 2023
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In 2022, doctors recorded the first confirmed case of tick-borne encephalitis virus acquired in the United Kingdom.
Jul 25, 2023
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Robert Weymouth, 58, of Portland, Maine, died this year because of a tick bite.
May 25, 2023
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The dreaded tick-borne TBE virus infects different types of brain cells in different parts of the brain, depending on whether the sick person's immune system is activated or not. This is shown by a new study at Umeå University.
Apr 17, 2023
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A new study by investigators with the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) finds that the tick-borne Powassan virus is being transmitted in concentrated community clusters throughout New England.
Apr 11, 2023
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If you're a hiker or just love the outdoors, fall is probably your favorite season. Temperatures are cooler but still warm enough, days are still long, and for the most part, bugs are less of a pest.
Oct 10, 2022
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