Ticks are parasitic arachnids that feed on the blood of mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles. They vary in size and ...

Last year, Molaei's lab test several hundred specimens of American dog ticks for the disease agent responsible for RMSF and none of them tested positive for the disease. "It is a very rare ...

The Philadelphia five-county area had 1,246 cases of Lyme Disease in 2021, 500 more than it had 30 years earlier. Rare, deadly tick-bourne disease found in Pa. and NJ Rare, deadly tick-borne ...

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) spreads through tick bites, similar to Lyme disease, and has the potential to cause serious ...

Background Human babesiosis is a rare tick-borne infectious disease. The clinical presentation ranges from an asymptomatic form to a life threatening infection with severe hemolysis. Human ...

Powassan encephalitis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, two serious tick-borne diseases, have been identified in Minnesota residents, state health officials said today. More commonly occurring ...

Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) has now been confirmed in locally acquired human cases in the U.K., with evidence of ...

Retrospective evaluation of medical history and 3635 anti-TBE (tick-borne encephalitis ... Clinical findings suggest a nonspecific inflammatory disease with restricted encephalitic profile ...

FOR the first time, a deadly brain swelling disease has been detected in British patients with no travel history – which ...

The same type of tick carries the disease in these areas ... though the virus is still rare, it may not stay that way for long.