Nov. 17, 2022 —Tick-borne pathogens, known for causing illnesses such as Lyme disease, are on the rise in Central Canada -- presenting new risks in areas where they were never previously detected. The findings ...
Oct. 24, 2022 —Prescribed fire -- a tool increasingly used by forest managers and landowners to combat invasive species, improve wildlife habitat and restore ecosystem health -- also could play a role in reducing ...
Sep. 15, 2022 —By developing predictive models that incorporate climate and landscape variables, researchers have accurately forecasted the prevalence and distribution of Lyme disease bacteria. Such a tool could be ...
June 8, 2022 —As surveillance for ticks and the disease-causing germs they spread improves, so does Americans' access to knowledge about where the risk of tickborne disease is greatest. Experts have assembled ...
Mar. 21, 2022 —Heartland virus is circulating in lone star ticks in Georgia, scientists have found, confirming active transmission of the virus within the state. New research includes a genetic analysis of the ...
Feb. 17, 2022 —新的研究发现了一种独特的medicati类ons that act as blood thinners by inhibiting an enzyme in the genes of tick saliva. The research focused on novel direct thrombin inhibitors from ...
Feb. 15, 2022 —Researchers have successfully used CRISPR-Cas9 to edit the genomes of the black-legged tick. To accomplish this feat, they developed an embryo injection protocol that overcame a major barrier in the ...
Dec. 14, 2021 —The number of cases of tick-borne illnesses (TBIs) reported annually to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has more than doubled over the past two decades in the United States. An ...
Dec. 2, 2021 —Pigtailed macaques are a candidate model organism for two hemorrhagic diseases of public health concern: Kyasanur Forest disease and Alkhurma hemorrhagic disease, researchers ...
Nov. 30, 2021 —Researchers have discovered that the bacterium that causes Lyme disease has a highly unusual modification in its protective molecular bag -- its peptidoglycan, which is common to all ...
Nov. 22, 2021 —Researchers have developed a novel vaccine that in guinea pigs offers protection against infection by the bacterium that causes Lyme disease and may also combat other tick-borne diseases, they ...
Nov. 18, 2021 —Using the same approach they recently used to create effective vaccine candidates against COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), scientists are tackling another virus: the tick-borne ...
Oct. 14, 2021 —Researchers have described a new antibiotic that appears to have the potential to cure Lyme ...
Oct. 4, 2021 —A previously unknown virus that can infect humans and cause disease has been identified by scientists in Japan. The novel infectious virus, named Yezo virus and transmitted by tick bites, causes a ...
Aug. 11, 2021 —A recent study shows the association between bank vole abundance variations and the incidence of Lyme Borreliosis and Puumala hantavirus infections. The study showed that the abundance variations of ...
Aug. 11, 2021 —A new study reports that patients hospitalized with Lyme disease had a 28 percent higher rate of mental disorders and were twice as likely to attempt suicide. Physicians and patients should be aware ...
June 1, 2021 —Scientists have developed and tested an antibody-based therapy to treat Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), which is carried by ticks and kills up to 60 percent of those ...
June 1, 2021 —In a recent study, scientists used an original approach to resolve the 3D structure of flaviviruses with an unprecedented level of detail, identifying small molecules known as 'pocket ...
May 13, 2021 —Epidemic. Pandemic. These terms have become second nature to us, popping up in everyday conversation, and for good reason -- COVID-19 is the latest pandemic to pose a threat to humanity. But in ...
May 13, 2021 —When a researcher heard from a former colleague at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that a 7-year-old girl had died from Rocky Mountain spotted fever as the result of a tick bite, he ...
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