"We encourage all ... to protect themselves." Officials issue urgent warning as disease-carrying insects sweep through region ...

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 ...

Rutgers has launched a new citizen science program called NJ Ticks 4 Science to engage the public in tracking and studying ...

Deer ticks are the primary vector of tick-borne diseases in North America, yet no anti-tick vaccine exists to prevent tick bites and transmission of disease. Amid this unmet need, researchers at the ...

SFR cases are rare in New England, but they do occur—even though the usual vector, dog ticks, have not been found to carry Rickettsia in this region. "So, it was a mystery," Xu says.

St. Louis County recently launched Tick Watch STL. Since starting the tick-tracking program, the county's Vector-Borne Disease Prevention Unit has identified 483 ticks, and of those, 6 of them were ...

This finding may solve part of the puzzle. Maybe the rabbit ticks are the vector.” The discovery was made by scientists working on Project ITCH, an acronym for Is Tick Control Helping ...

The Marin/Sonoma Mosquito and Vector Control District (District) is reminding residents how important it is to protect ...