About 5,000 years ago, a bacterium that was primarily transmitted via ticks made a switch to louse. That may have been a ...

The blacklegged tick is perhaps the biggest threat because it’s the only tick species that can transmit Lyme disease, a ...

While conducting this research, Rich stumbled upon a new strain of “Rickettsia” bacteria ... yet another type of bacterium that’s transmitted by these ticks,” added Rich.

The specific bacteria that causes this type of typhus is called the Rickettsia prowazekii. It is generally transmitted to lice when they feed on infected hosts. Cases in the U.S. have been attributed ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria ...

The discovery of Rickettsia sp. ME2023 is a key piece of a puzzle that scientists at the UMass Amherst-based New England Center of Excellence in Vector-borne Diseases (NEWVEC) are pondering.

Lyme disease is not the only tick-borne illness affecting pets, with Anaplasma, Babesia, Ehrlichia, and Rickettsia also on the rise. These diseases, while sometimes treated with similar ...

He found that 6.1% of 296 rabbit ticks collected from 38 towns across nine counties in Maine tested positive for the new Rickettsia genotype. “This wasn’t a needle in a haystack,” Rich says.

The herpes simplex virus frequently spreads during periods when infected individuals have no recognizable symptoms, creating a transmission pattern that has allowed it to become remarkably ...