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2 days ago · The incidence or prevalence of Lyme arthritis (LA) in Denmark is unknown and assumed very low. No published cases of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-confirmed LA from Denmark exist. Clinically, LA does not differ from other rheumatic oligoarthritic disorders posing a differential diagnostic challenge. To review the incidence and prevalence of LA to our knowledge and to present a case series of ...
12 hours ago · Tick-borne diseases, primarily transmitted by Ixodes scapularis (black-legged or deer tick), are increasingly prevalent in the United States, surpassing diseases spread by mosquitoes. With over 490,000 annual cases, these diseases, including Lyme disease, babesiosis, anaplasmosis, and Powassan virus, present significant public health challenges ...
4 days ago · Nov. 30, 2021 — Researchers have discovered that the bacterium that causes Lyme disease has a highly unusual modification in its protective molecular bag -- its peptidoglycan, which is common...
4 days ago · Powassan virus (POWV) is an emerging tick-borne encephalitic virus in Lyme disease-endemic sites in North America. Due to range expansion and local intensification of blacklegged tick vector (Ixodes scapularis) populations in the northeastern and upper midwestern U.S., human encephalitis cases are increasingly being reported. A better understanding of the transmission cycle between POWV and ...
6 days ago · May 21, 2024, 4:35 p.m. As Lyme disease spreads, scientists develop new ways to treat it. What more can be done to treat Lyme disease and its potential long-term effects. PBS is an American...
4 days ago · The CDC estimates that nearly 500,000 people contract Lyme disease in the U.S. each year. For most, it’s a minor inconvenience. But for some, it’s life-altering. A primary care doctor explains ...
3 days ago · A research team at George Mason University’s College of Public Health and College of Science received a grant from the Department of the Army to develop new detection methods for Lyme Disease.
