How to Remove a Tick
If a tick is removed within 24 hours, the chances of it transmitting Lyme disease or other infections are less.
Not all tick removal methods are safe. Certain removal methods may increase your chances of contracting Lyme disease.
Safe Tick RemovalAbstract: With cases now documented in every province, Lyme borreliosis (LB) is emerging as a serious public health risk in... View Article
Summary Here is hypothesized a truly revolutionary notion that rounded cystic forms of Borrelia burgdorferi are the root cause of... View Article
Infection can cause complications if not treat early, but research suggests you can prevent Lyme disease with some simple tactics.... View Article
Tick-borne infections aren’t just causing sore joints and swollen knees. Some cause psychiatric symptoms that often go untreated, some experts... View Article
The University of New Haven established a Lyme Disease Research group six years ago. To date, over forty graduate students... View Article
Background: Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Although antibiotic therapy is usually effective early... View Article
Why some strains of Lyme disease bacteria are common and others are not Findings could lead to novel strategy to... View Article
Summary Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) complex is a diverse group of worldwide distributed bacteria that includes 18 named spirochete... View Article
Gabriele Margos,a,* Andrias Hojgaard,b Robert S. Lane,c Muriel Cornet,d Volker Fingerle,e Nataliia Rudenko,f Nicholas Ogden,g David M. Aanensen,h Durland Fish,i... View Article
Abstract Borrelia miyamotoi is distantly related to B. burgdorferi and transmitted by the same hard-body tick species. We report 46... View Article
Nataliia Rudenko Maryna Golovchenko Aleš Mokráček Natalja Piskunová Daniel Růžek Nadja Mallatová Libor Grubhoffer ABSTRACT Molecular analysis of a clinical... View Article
La Presse Canadienne Fredericton Le risque de contracter la maladie de Lyme est en hausse au Nouveau-Brunswick, selon des chercheurs... View Article
Hersh MH, Tibbetts M, Strauss M, Ostfeld RS, Keesing F. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012 Dec; 18(12): 1951-7. Abstract Human babesiosis... View Article
J Heart Valve Dis. 2011 Jan;20(1):94-7. Atamanyuk I, Raja SG, Kostolny M. Source Department of Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Great Ormond... View Article
Authors: Xu G, Wesker J, White C, Campbell J, Reich NG and Rich SM Citation: J. Clin. Microbiol. 2012(Nov) Location: ... View Article
Abstract All reported cases of WA1 babesiosis have occurred in the Pacific coast region of the United States, suggesting that... View Article
