Sudden fatigue could also be an early Lyme disease sign. “Fatigue is an early sign that is frequently dismissed and assumed ...

It’s in those days of quiet blood-thirst that ticks pass along bacteria that causes conditions like Lyme disease, a growing problem driven in the U.S. by black-legged ticks (or Ixodes scapularis).

Existing projects are also on hold because research institutions cannot be certain they will be continued, or if they absorb ...

Ticks that can spread diseases that afflict people, including Lyme disease, continue to proliferate in Connecticut, the latest findings from a multiyear tick surveillance program show. On Monday, the ...

Lyme disease is a zoonotic disease transmitted through ticks first recognized in the 1970s in the USA and since then it has ...

Researchers have discovered that an enzyme can serve as an ideal target for developing new therapeutics against Lyme disease, and most likely other tick-borne diseases as well.

Scientists have discovered that the enzyme BbLDH is crucial for the survival and infectivity of the Lyme disease bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. This finding opens the door to targeted treatments ...

The Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases at CAES released ... babesia microti (babesiosis), borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease), borrelia miyamotoi (hard tick relapsing fever), and ...