To curb the spread of Lyme disease in the northeastern United States, scientists and public health experts for decades have ...

The bacteria that cause Lyme disease can live in the blood. Though there have been no cases, transmission through blood contact or a blood transfusion may be possible. It can be transmitted from a ...

The immunologist and professor of biomedical sciences is studying deer ticks and the bacteria that cause Lyme disease at the ...

direct transmission: Occurring from direct or ... effects of host diversity and community composition on Lyme disease risk. PNAS 100(2): 567-371 (2003). McCallum H. & A. Dobson.

Current public health campaigns encourage everyone to be tick aware with the aim to try and prevent Lyme disease transmission. These campaigns should also now include TBEV. “Previously ...

For instance, ticks can carry Lyme disease, and some mosquitoes can carry ... and mosquitoes are necessary for transmission of the dengue virus. The dengue virus is spread through a human-to ...

A Bozeman hunter’s bird dog has alerted health officials to the possibility that the tick that carries Lyme disease – the ...

Q: Tell us about that transmission strategy -- how a disease organism tries to reproduce, how it tries to get to the next host -- and then tell us how that relates to its virulence. A: I would say ...

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that is ... and to facilitate the transmission of the content or ad to your device. Information about your activity on this service may be matched and ...

A common symptom of Lyme disease is a bullseye-shaped rash. However, many other conditions may cause a similar rash, including ringworm, fixed drug reactions, and allergic reactions to insect bites.

The researchers pinpointed areas in the UK responsible for suspected tick transmission ... focus on raising awareness for TBE, not just Lyme disease.