In the realm of Lyme disease research, one antibiotic emerged as being highly effective for treatment of acute infection, and ...

"Most of the day is spent in front of a microscope identifying mosquitoes and ticks and black ... or people who are immuno-compromised. While it has similar symptoms to Lyme disease, with a ...

In fact, adult black-legged ticks stand up to winter weather just fine, and deer tick season never really ends, said Jody L.

Lyme disease is the fastest-grown vector-borne illness in the United States, with over 476,000 new cases annually, according to the Global Lyme Alliance, a national not-for-profit organization whose ...

Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi, which is spread through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks. For most people, Lyme disease is contracted from a nymphs, which are ...