Concerning Findings – Many More Infected by TBE Virus Than Previously Thought
A new study conducted by Uppsala University and the University Hospital in Uppsala reveals that the actual number of infections caused by the tick-borne TBE…
Ticks News
Ticks are small, blood-sucking arachnids that are important vectors for a variety of diseases affecting both animals and humans. They belong to the subclass Acari, which also includes mites. Ticks are ectoparasites, living on the skin of mammals, birds, and sometimes reptiles and amphibians. They have a complex life cycle that includes several stages: egg, larva, nymph, and adult. To grow and progress through each stage, they need to consume blood. Ticks are capable of transmitting a number of serious illnesses, such as Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and various forms of encephalitis, through their bites. Their ability to expand their geographic range has been enhanced by factors like climate change and increased movement of people and animals. Effective control and prevention strategies include the use of tick repellents, proper landscape management, and regular checks of pets and human bodies after exposure to potentially tick-infested areas.
Blood-Thirsty Ticks Invade Ohio: A Lethal Infestation Decimates Cattle
Pasture infestation is estimated to exceed 1 million Asian longhorned ticks. An invasive tick species made a dramatic entrance into Ohio in 2021, swarming a…
Scientists Race To Defuse a “Ticking” Public Health Time Bomb
The surge in diseases transmitted by ticks throughout numerous regions of the United States in the past fifty years poses a significant threat to public…
Scientists Sound the Alarm on Emerging Tick-Borne Disease Babesiosis
UC Riverside and Yale University team sequences and mines genome of the pathogen Babesia duncani. Scientists have sequenced the genome of Babesia duncani, a pathogen…
Breakthrough Discovery Unlocks Mysteries Surrounding Parasite Immunity and Development
Ticks have the ability to detect a cytokine from infected mammalian blood, triggering a defense mechanism against bacteria that cause Lyme disease. A team of…
A Looming Problem – Longhorned Tick Discovered in Northern Missouri
The new finding indicates a looming problem for cattle health in the Midwest. Worldwide, the Longhorned tick costs livestock farmers millions of dollars in lost agricultural income,…
Startling – Lyme Disease Diagnoses Have Skyrocketed 357% in Rural Areas
Diagnoses increased 65% in urban areas. Over the last 15 years, Lyme disease has seen a noticeable increase in the United States, and as a…
How Does a Tick Bite Cause Meat Allergies? A Study Provides New Genetic Insights
The structure of many important molecules involved in anaphylaxis to mammalian meat has been uncovered, opening the door to potential future treatments. The genetic and…
Dog Ticks More Likely to Choose Humans Over Canines When Temperatures Rise
New study presented at TropMed20 shows how climate change could expand and intensify the risk of disease that kills one in five if not treated…
To Avoid Ticks, How You Rake Your Leaves Is Very Important
Raking leaves out to the yard edge may increase tick numbers there. If you cleared fallen leaves from your lawn last fall, did you deposit…
Not Just Lyme Disease: Study Finds Multiple Agents of Tick-Borne Diseases
In a study published in mBio, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology, Jorge Benach and Rafal Tokarz, and their co-authors at Stony Brook…
Emerging Tick-Borne Disease Far Larger Than Previously Believed
Human cases of Borrelia miyamotoi, a tick-borne infection with some similarities to Lyme disease, were discovered in the eastern United States less than a decade…
New Combination Therapy Cures Tick-Borne Illness in Mice
Yale researchers have developed a new therapy that cures the emerging infectious disease, babesiosis, which is transmitted by the same ticks that transmit the agents…
Tick-Borne Infection Borrelia Miyamotoi Discovered in the United States
Similar to Lyme disease, a new tick-borne infection known as Borrelia miyamotoi has been discovered in people in the United States. A new tick-borne infection…
Haemaphysalis Flava Hardy Enough to Survive Vacuum and Electron Beam
Haemaphysalis flava, a kind of tick, was observed under the intense rays of an electron scanning microscope and survived the experience. They may have just…
Ticks, Lyme Disease and Public Health
Durand Fish, a professor in the Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health, discusses ticks and the associated health…