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May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, and spring is one of the most important times of year to become “tick smart” by learning ...
But they’re more than just a nuisance – ticks can carry dangerous diseases like Lyme disease, Heartland virus, tickborne relapsing fever, tick paralysis and others found across the U.S ...
Some excitement is reported to have occurred in sanitary circles over a certificate issued on Sunday setting forth that relapsing fever had resulted in the death of a child in a tenement-house ...
This project builds on recent work reporting tick transmission of relapsing fever spirochetes and genome sequencing of both the pathogen and tick vector. We have utilized both next generation and ...
Experts are warning of increased tick-borne illnesses this year due to a surge in acorns boosting mouse populations, expanding tick habitats.
For those looking to go outside and enjoy a beautiful spring day, keep in mind that Connecticut is attracting more and more ticks, and those ticks are carrying more and ...
and Hard Tick Relapsing Fever. Common symptoms of tickborne diseases include joint and muscle pain, fatigue, chills, fever, headache, and swollen lymph nodes. People with Lyme disease may also ...
Tick bites are most common between May and September, and there have already been more than 20 reports in 2025 in Western ...