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Scientists Step Up Hunt for Bacterial Genes Tied to Lyme Disease
October 25, 2012 — Lyme disease is a bacterial illness that affects tens of thousands. It can lead to abnormalities in the nervous system, heart and joints. New research into the bacterium’s genetic makeup could ... > full story -
Migratory Birds’ Ticks Can Spread Viral Haemorrhagic Fever
October 22, 2012 — A type of haemorrhagic fever (Crimean-Congo) that is prevalent in Africa, Asia, and the Balkans has begun to spread to new areas in southern Europe. Now Swedish researchers have shown that migratory ... > full story -
Molecular Basis of Infection of Tick-Transmitted Disease Uncovered
October 12, 2012 — Researchers have identified the "keys" and "doors" of a bacterium responsible for a series of tick-transmitted diseases. These findings may point researchers toward the development of a single ... > full story -
Global Economic Pressures Trickle Down to Local Landscape Change, Altering Disease Risk
September 20, 2012 — The pressures of global trade may heighten disease incidence by dictating changes in land use. A boom in disease-carrying ticks and chiggers has followed the abandonment of rice cultivation in ... > full story -
Precautions for Tick-Borne Disease Extend 'Beyond Lyme'
September 7, 2012 — This year's mild winter and early spring were a bonanza for tick populations in the eastern United States. Reports of tick-borne disease rose fast. While Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne ... > full story -
Biting Back Against Lyme Disease
September 5, 2012 — Caused by a bite from an infected tick, Lyme disease has early symptoms that are unpleasant but respond well to antibiotics. However, if diagnosis is delayed or mistaken, the illness can take a ... > full story -
Scientist Creates Test, Treatment for Malaria-Like Sickness in Horses
August 29, 2012 — A therapy used in an outbreak of equine piroplasmosis at the storied King Ranch in Texas is now being evaluated as a standard US treatment ... > full story -
Carnivores: Beware of Ticks
July 24, 2012 — If you are a steak lover, enjoy your meat while you can. A new article explains why if you have been bitten by a tick, you may develop an allergy to red ... > full story -
Novel Animal Reservoir for Group of Tick-Borne Diseases Discovered -- And It Lives in Your Backyard
June 23, 2012 — A new assay that uses mitochondrial DNA that mutates faster than nuclear DNA has allowed scientists to identify one of the major animal reservoirs for the ehlichioses, STARI and other tick-borne ... > full story -
Increase in Lyme Disease Mirrors Drop in Red Fox Numbers
June 18, 2012 — A continued increase of Lyme disease in the United States, once linked to a recovering deer population, may instead be explained by a decline of the red fox, researchers suggest in a new ... > full story
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