It’s in those days of quiet blood-thirst that ticks pass along bacteria that causes conditions like Lyme disease, a growing problem driven in the U.S. by black-legged ticks (or Ixodes scapularis).

To curb the spread of Lyme disease in the northeastern United States, scientists and public health experts for decades have targeted white-footed mice as the prime hosts for the immature ticks that ...

Scientists have discovered that the enzyme BbLDH is crucial for the survival and infectivity of the Lyme disease bacterium ...

While treatable with antibiotics if caught early enough, if it’s left untreated, Lyme disease symptoms can spread to the ...

St. Louis Encephalitis can be transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. The virus does not cause ...

Getting a tick bite doesn't automatically spell medical emergency, but it is important to know what to do next.

Oct. 23, 2024 — Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in Europe. Up to 70,000 new cases are estimated each year in Austria alone. The bacterial infection can cause ...

Dr. Megan Linske, a vector ecologist with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, said she's seen changes in new ...

With the arrival of spring and summer, the Midwest is bracing for an increase in tick activity – particularly deer ticks, ...

Existing projects are also on hold because research institutions cannot be certain they will be continued, or if they absorb ...

For instance, ticks can carry Lyme disease, and some mosquitoes can carry ... and mosquitoes are necessary for transmission of the dengue virus. The dengue virus is spread through a human-to ...