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Alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne illness, is shaping up to be the new Lyme disease. Learn more about the disease and why it has doctors perplexed.
The occurrence of ticks and tick-borne illnesses in humans is increasing. [7] Tick populations are spreading into new areas, in part due to climate change. [8] [9] Tick populations are also affected by changes in the populations of their hosts (e.g. deer, cattle, mice, lizards) and those hosts' predators (e.g. foxes).
Wetland virus is a new tick-borne illness identified by researchers in China. Experts explain symptoms and treatment and how it may damage the brain. There’s a Newly-Discovered Deadly Tick-Borne ...
As ticks must be attached for at least six hours to transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and more than 24 hours to transmit Lyme disease, frequent checks are crucial in avoiding tick-borne illnesses.
The case patient reported multiple tick bites, including a blood-filled tick in the shoulder area that was observed a few days before the onset of symptoms. [2] Based on the history of the case patient, the virus is considered to be possibly tick-borne, but this has not been proven.
As the end of summer approaches, cases of rare insect-borne diseases are cropping up weekly across the country, including eastern equine encephalitis, dengue fever and West Nile virus — all ...
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a tick-borne infection [1] caused by Dabie bandavirus also known as the SFTS virus, first reported between late March and mid-July 2009 in rural areas of Hubei and Henan provinces in Central China.
Its increasing prevalence has coincided with an overall rise in tick-borne disease, which rose by 25% from 2011 to 2019. From 1999 to 2019, confirmed cases of Lyme disease rose by 44%. Researchers ...