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

Over the past several years, we’ve all learned more about the potentially dangerous consequences of being bitten by a tick.

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 morning the Chafee Board of County commissioners made an official proclamation highlighting the importance of awareness ...

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 ...

Some rare tick-borne illnesses have been found in Pennsylvania, as well. They include: – Hard tick relapsing fever, a rare illness caused by Borrelia miyamotoi bacteria. Symptoms can include ...

Other common tick-borne diseases in the United States include ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness, Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever, and tularemia.