Spring has arrived and the lure of the great outdoors grows as the days get longer and warmer. This also means the return of ticks: little parasitic mites, whose bites can have severe consequences for ...

The tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease, tick-borne encephalitis, rickettsiosis (spotted fever), ehrlichiosis or human granulocytic anaplasmosis, are of great concern in human health and their ...

DENVER — A CDC research biologist in Fort Collins, working on Lyme disease detection methods, was terminated last weekend as part of the federal workforce reductions initiated by President Trump ...

Colorado research biologist Joe Cardiello was excited about being involved in what could become lifesaving research for people who have been impacted by Lyme disease. However, recently ...

A common symptom of Lyme disease is a bullseye-shaped rash. However, many other conditions may cause a similar rash, including ringworm, fixed drug reactions, and allergic reactions to insect bites.

Lyme disease and multiple sclerosis (MS) may share some symptoms, but they’re two different conditions. Here’s how to tell them apart. Sometimes conditions can have similar symptoms. If you ...

This indicated that their OspA mRNA vaccine also had greater efficacy than an OspA protein vaccine and suggested that clinicians could develop an mRNA-based vaccine to prevent Lyme disease in humans.

Ixodes ticks are the main vectors for a number of zoonotic diseases, including Lyme disease. Ticks secrete saliva directly into a mammalian host while feeding on the host's blood. This action serves ...

This webinar will describe the potential diagnostic benefits of using the dissociated VIDAS Lyme IgM II and VIDAS Lyme IgG II assays in a 2-tier EIA approach versus the use of the standard EIA / ...

Lyme disease is the most common vector borne disease in the United States. Since the early 1980s, a large body of literature has evaluated the occupational risk of Lyme disease. The availability of a ...