Lyme disease is still the state’s most common reported tick-borne disease, but two other diseases – human anaplasmosis and babesiosis – can result from deer tick bites in ...

A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while up to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ...

A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while 20% to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ...

But the numbers of blacklegged ticks, the main transmitters of the Lyme disease bacteria, are growing, she said. Vett Lloyd, a biology professor at Mount Allison University, says her lab's ...

Cases of Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne ailment in the U.S., are on the rise, thanks in part to a rainy spring. Johns Hopkins University’s Dr. John Aucott explains efforts to identify the ...

People who get Lyme disease from a tick bite can sometimes develop a red ... Even knowing what stage the tick is in the lifecycle — whether it's a nymph or full-grown adult, for instance ...

Lyme Disease: Lyme disease is an infection caused by a spiral ... Deer ticks are extremely small, with tick nymphs being about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. This means that you ...

Lyme disease vaccine appears to be the most effective management option for the prevention of Lyme disease. Although administration of the adjuvanted formulation of Lyme disease vaccine (LYMErix ...

Lyme disease spreads through a bite from an infected blacklegged tick, and symptoms include headache, fever, and a "target" skin rash. Learn more about Lyme disease and how to prevent it.

Tick nymphs, like rodents ... burgdorferi, the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. The ticks also transmit other infections ...

Does Lyme disease pose a threat here in the UK? And if so, what precautions should we be taking to avoid the tick-borne illness? We asked the experts. Miranda Hart is the latest celebrity to speak ...