A newly published study in the Journal of Medical Entomology provides critical insights into the emergence of babesiosis in ...

A University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill modeling study suggests that wild-habitat disruption may be contributing ...

According to the Companion Animal Parasite Council’s 2025 forecast, the deer tick is expanding its U.S. range southward and ...

The team created a novel tick antigen library housing over 3,000 different proteins, testing each to create a target cocktail ...

Ixodes scapularis. Because acute infection can be asymptomatic, diagnosis can be elusive and may be delayed. This patient had several symptoms: fatigue, shortness of breath, night sweats and malaise.

The study was published March 26 in Science Translational Medicine. Ixodes scapularis, also known as the deer tick and black-legged tick, is the primary vector for several tick-borne diseases ...

Lyme disease is probably the most widely known disease that can result from a bite from the black-legged tick (a.k.a. deer ...