A tick disease researcher explains the risks and how she avoids bringing home ticks from both work and walking her dog in the woods. Lint rollers, tick checks and some types of chemicals play a role.
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Researchers placed woodchips along the side of two trails in the Ottawa Greenbelt and found that the woodchips notably lowered the number of ticks.
Some simple steps can help keep you tick-free as you enjoy the outdoors.
A University of Pittsburgh researcher is studying why Pennsylvania residents who regularly encounter ticks still underestimate their risk of Lyme disease.
If you’re bitten by a tick and eat meat, you may not get any symptoms for hours. Here’s what to look out for.
A small parasite is taking advantage of global warming to wreak havoc: the winter tick is decimating young moose.
Research shows how ticks survive deadly passengers and what it means for stopping future outbreaks.
Studies have linked ticks on 6 continents to alpha-gal syndrome and its unusual symptoms. An entomologist explains what this frustrating illness is.
Changes to forests, and how close people and their livestock live to them, have changed tick habitats and the risks humans face of Lyme disease and other illnesses.
Bites and stings can have different symptoms, and may require treatment to prevent complications.
Wetland virus caused flu-like symptoms that progressed into multiple organ failure in one patient.
Ticks are becoming uncontrollable on South African cattle. They’ve developed resistance to the poisons that kill them. Government services must visit farms to give advice to stop this problem.
The bacterium that causes Lyme disease is a master of disguise, changing its appearance to evade the immune system as it moves from the ticks that carry it to humans or animals.
Ticks can spread a range of disease – including Lyme disease and the fatal Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever.
There are arguments over the future of red deer on the Scottish island of South Uist but archaeological expertise can help people live alongside wild animals.
Not all cases of La Crosse disease affect the neurological system, but those that do can be severe and sometimes fatal – especially in children.
Lyme disease affects millions worldwide. But there are things you can do to protect yourself from this insidious illness.
The study found that ticks were unable to feed on guinea pigs vaccinated with an mRNA vaccine, preventing transmission of the pathogen that causes Lyme disease.
Patients with Lyme disease can develop Lyme carditis, a potentially serious complication that affects cardiac function.
How bad are ticks this year? An expert explains why tick-borne diseases are on the rise.
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Associate Professor of Biology, University of Richmond
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Emeritus professor, Murdoch University
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Associate professor, Murdoch University
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Professor of Interdisciplinary Parasitology, University of Nottingham
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Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medical Science & Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute; Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Senior Entomologist, Penn State
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Professor in Biochemistry, Murdoch University
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Professor of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Tufts University
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Research Fellow, Malaria biochemistry, Monash University
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Assistant Research Professor of Entomology, Penn State
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Indiana University
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