Two Emerging Infectious Diseases studies link bites from black-legged (deer) and western black-legged ticks to potentially ...

Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is a severe tick-vectored food allergy caused by sensitivity to the galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose ...

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a bacterial infection spread by biting ticks to humans and dogs. Found on every continent ...

Over 90 tick species are widespread across the United States, out of an estimated 850 worldwide. According to the CDC, the annual number of new cases of Lyme disease in the United States is rapidly ...

Inflammatory diseases collectively account for numerous deaths and morbidity worldwide. New treatment approaches are needed. A central feature of inflammatory diseases is the recruitment of leukocytes ...

The fat-tailed jird, a small North African rodent with a distinctive club-shaped tail, is a convenient research subject and an emerging model for Old World leishmaniasis. The authors present the ...