A total of 310 birds of 41 species were examined for ticks during a 1 year study in a Lyme disease endemic area located in Westchester County, New York. Ticks were found on 28% (88) of the birds and ...

The first records of 3 ixodid tick species collected in the state of Maine are reported. A total of 23 records of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (L., 1758), in 11 counties from hosts with no ...

For permission requests, please contact NEJM Reprints at [email protected] Erythema migrans developed at the site of the tick bite in a significantly smaller proportion of the subjects in the ...

Cameron Webb and the Department of Medical Entomology have been engaged by a range of insect repellent and insecticide manufacturers, as well as local health authorities, to provide testing of ...

This is a picture of an Ixodes scapularis tick engorged with blood. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing ...

Ixodes ricinus (ou tique du mouton autrefois aussi dite « tique du chien », nom également donné à une autre espèce de tique : Rhipicephalus sanguineus) est l'une des centaines d'espèces de tiques ...

Normally, humans aren’t affected by a bite from Ixodes holocyclus – better known as the paralysis tick. But in some cases, it can trigger a dangerous and rare allergy to red meat. Walking through ...

A woman in Maine developed a dangerous meat allergy after a black-legged tick bite—prompting the CDC to rethink which ticks can trigger alpha-gal syndrome. A decade of cases suggests the threat is ...

Ticks are a group of parasitic mites related to spiders. They only feed on blood and while doing so some pass blood-borne diseases to their vertebrate hosts. Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne ...