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2 days ago · Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a tick-borne disease caused by species of Borrelia bacteria, transmitted by blood-feeding ticks in the genus Ixodes. The most common sign of infection is an expanding red rash, known as erythema migrans (EM), which appears at the site of the tick bite about a week afterwards.
2 days ago · Trypanosoma brucei is a species of parasitic kinetoplastid belonging to the genus Trypanosoma that is present in sub-Saharan Africa. Unlike other protozoan parasites that normally infect blood and tissue cells, it is exclusively extracellular and inhabits the blood plasma and body fluids. [1] .
4 days ago · The deer tick’s scientific name is Ixodes scapularis. They’re also known as bear ticks or black-legged ticks. Ticks were first described in North America in 1754 in New York state. Deer ticks in particular are known throughout the eastern and midwestern United States, as well as southern Canada. They share many habitats with other species ...
May 8, 2024 · In a new study published in May in the Journal of Medical Entomology, researchers analyzing tick photos submitted to the TickSpotters program at the University of Rhode Island find that three tick species—such as the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis)—that transmit Lyme and other human diseases are present in hundreds of U.S. counties ...
May 8, 2024 · In the United States, Lyme disease is caused by the bacterial spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi and is transmitted by the bite of an Ixodes genus tick, most commonly Ixodes scapularis. In Eurasia, the predominant causes are Borrelia burgdorferi , Borrelia afzelii , and Borrelia garinii .
- Gwenn L. Skar, Kari A. Simonsen
- 2024/02/04
May 15, 2024 · These bacteria are spread to people primarily through the bite of infected ticks including the lone star tick ( Amblyomma americanum) and the blacklegged tick ( Ixodes scapularis ). People with ehrlichiosis will often have fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, and sometimes upset stomach.
May 14, 2024 · Ixodes pacificus, known as the western blacklegged tick, is the primary vector of the bacteria that causes Lyme disease in the western United States.
