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 ...

Researchers with Baylor College of Medicine and Texas A&M AgriLife Research collaborated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, SCINet project and Ag100Pest Initiative ...

Lyme disease, a zoonotic disease, is the most prevalent vector-borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere. Diversity of the vector (tick) microbiome can impact pathogen transmission, yet the biotic and ...

As anyone who has been infected by the Lyme bacterium knows, it can cause any number of health problems including arthritis, nervous system abnormalities, and irregular heart rhythm. According to the ...

Jenny Wachter does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Ehrlichiosis is a disease caused by several Gram-negative obligate intracellular bacteria that are transmitted by a tick vector. The frequency of ehrlichiosis is increasing, which is ascribed to the ...

SANTA CRUZ — Winter storms have brought high surf and blanketing rainfall across Santa Cruz County and the Central Coast in recent weeks. But local health officials now warn it has likely brought ...

OROVILLE — Slowly, Amanda Bradford walked the trails of Oroville’s Loafer Creek Recreation Area on Wednesday afternoon as she carefully guided a white flag along the grass and foxtails beside her ...