There have been 14 distinct species of tick recorded in New York by Upstate Medical University’s tickMAP. Other recorded species include the Asian longhorn tick and Ixodes cookei. Research has ...

The group of blood-sucking parasites called ticks can spread pathogens like Lyme Disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis.

So that makes them a bit unusual.” Litchfield County has the highest Lyme disease infection prevalence with 65% of adult female blacklegged ticks testing positive and revealed the highest adult ...

Marshfield Clinic Research Institute enters second year of its tick study. Researchers are asking people across the state to send them ticks they find. The team aims to use the information to ...

“IscREAM stands for the Ixodes scapularis rapid extracellular antigen monitoring, and is a pretty apt name because who wouldn’t scream when they find a tick on them!” wrote Thomas Hart, former ...

Chennai: Veterinary hospitals, both govt and private, in the city are reporting a significant surge in tick fever cases among pets, particularly dogs, prompting alarm among pet owners and medical ...

The lone star tick is one that people come across more commonly in Kansas. The female tick is brown, with a white spot on it. The male is similar-looking, but without the white spot. The lone star ...

Got ticks? We sure hope not. Ticks suck blood and can transmit diseases to their hosts. They’re sneaky little critters that go “questing” — that’s the technical term — for cool ...

However, new reports of the allergy, called alpha-gal syndrome, show that the much more widespread black-legged ticks (Ixodes) can also transmit the disease. The new case reports suggest that ...

a growing problem driven in the U.S. by black-legged ticks (or Ixodes scapularis). Researchers have been trying for decades to understand just how the tiny tick is able to evade the human body’s ...

Some tick bites can cause Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), making people allergic to red meat and some other mammal products. Three tick species in the U.S. are known to transmit AGS: the lone star tick ...