Lyme disease occurs when a blacklegged tick that is infected with Borrelia burgdorferi (or sometimes, Borrelia mayonii) bacteria bites a human, and the incidence has been increasing throughout the ...

Hitherto, scientists have not fully understood why ticks are such dangerous disease vectors. A research team now shows that tick saliva inhibits the skin's defense function, thereby increasing the ...

Ticks have to be some of the most widely despised creatures in existence despite their important role in the ecosystem. They are found all across the United States, hanging out in almost every place ...

Experts said Illinoisans should be aware of the increase in ticks in the state. "We're sort of on the edge of an invasion." ...

You spent the afternoon outside, happily weeding in your garden, watering the plants, trimming the hedges. But as soon as you head back indoors and peel off your muddy shoes and socks, you see it: An ...

Tick-borne encephalitis virus can infect the nervous system and cause life-threatening illness. Finding the cellular gateway ...

A possible preventive shot for Lyme disease has passed through an initial and successful human test phase and could go before federal regulators in the next few years. The so-called TNKX-4800 can now ...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, or MDHHS, is encouraging residents to take steps to avoid tick bites. As the weather warms, transmission of tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease ...

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say a naturally occurring compound secreted by the skin of donkeys can effectively repel the most common human-biting tick. In fact, they assert ...

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