Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tick towns: Researchers target neighborhoods in Lyme effort
Maybe it will take a village to fight Lyme disease. Or a bunch of them.
Jul 5, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Avoiding tick bites
Following an unseasonably warm winter, the tick population is flourishing and these shiver-inducing, cringe-worthy arachnids are making themselves known.
Jun 23, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Lyme disease researchers seek consensus as number of cases grows
Scientists have built a large body of knowledge about Lyme disease over the past 40 years, yet controversies remain and the number of cases continues to rise. In the United States, reported cases of Lyme disease, which is ...
Apr 24, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists uncover details on the rise of a tick-borne disease on Long Island
Scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health report elevated levels of a pathogen responsible for the tick-borne disease babesiosis in Suffolk County, ...
Apr 20, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Periodic model predicts the spread of Lyme disease
Lyme disease is among the most common vector-borne illnesses in North America, Europe, and some parts of Asia. A spirochete bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi causes the disease, and blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) ...
Apr 20, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ticks that carry Lyme disease found in eastern national parks
Lyme disease has been spreading across the United States over the past several decades, and a new study has confirmed that ticks carrying the disease are present in eastern national parks.
Jan 3, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists to breed ticks to study how to slow spread of diseases
To most people, ticks are loathsome, disease-riddled little bloodsuckers. Best avoided.
Jun 15, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tips to handle those rare Florida tick-borne diseases
Though uncommon, Floridians can get tick diseases.
May 19, 2015
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Swiss man who found cause of Lyme disease dies
The Swiss researcher who gained international recognition for discovering the bacteria that causes Lyme disease has died in Montana.
Nov 20, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ticks that vector Lyme disease move west into North Dakota
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, there are more than 300,000 cases of Lyme disease in the U.S. each year. Last year, most Lyme disease cases reported to the CDC were concentrated heavily in the Northeast ...
Sep 11, 2014
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