“A tick check is a must,” says Bob Maurais, co-owner of Mainely Ticks, a tick management service in Windham and Wells. “But tick checks have to be done the right way. Employ the sensitivity of your ...

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Aug. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott's Ibis Biosciences today introduced a new molecular assay to detect a wide variety of vector-borne microorganisms, including those known to ...

On a quest for its next host, it grips onto high grass until one dares to brush against it. Then it hops aboard, grasps skin and cuts into the surface. At last, the tick has found its next meal. Ticks ...

On a blisteringly hot, sunny day this summer, Emory University researcher Arabella Lewis made her way through the underbrush in a patch of woods in Putnam County, Georgia, about an hour southeast of ...

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 ...

The impact of climate change on ticks and tick-borne infections is addressed in a new book published by CABI that includes expert opinions and predictions, global coverage of trends in ticks and ...

Ticks collected along Umbrella Tree Trail at North Sonoma Regional Park tested positive in pooled samples for the Lyme ...

There are steps people can take to protect themselves. Experts issue warning as risk of dangerous disease increases in US region: 'There's no human vaccine' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Abbott’s Ibis Biosciences introduced a new molecular assay to detect a wide variety of vector-borne micro-organisms, including those known to cause Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, ...