Case report: Mother to fetus transmission of Babesia, a tick-borne infection

The Anemic and Thrombocytopenic Febrile Neonate Nickolas D. Surra, MD, John E. Jesus, MD Christiana Care Health Center, Newark, Delaware... View Article

Watch excellent video on the life and feeding cycle of ticks

This video is full of good information on how ticks successfully infect people and other animals with diseases. Although they... View Article

Health officials ramp up tick monitoring for Powassan Virus

CityNews reporter Andrea Piunno with what health officials are doing to protect you and what you should watch out for.... View Article

Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Spirochetes in Wild Birds in Northwestern California: Associations with Ecological Factors, Bird Behavior and Tick Infestation

Published: February 25, 2015 Abstract Although Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) are found in a great diversity of vertebrates, most... View Article

Stanford researchers unravel secrets of shape-shifting bacteria

Stanford Report, March 16, 2015 Stanford researchers unravel secrets of shape-shifting bacteria “Six decades ago, Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Joshua Lederberg... View Article

CDC Says Misperceptions Keep Kids from Getting Lifesaving Treatment for Tickborne Diseases

Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 March 2015 07:04 Short-term doxycycline use does not stain kids’ teeth, CDC/IHS study finds March 17,... View Article

Borrelia miyamotoi infection in Nature and in humans

Abstract Borrelia miyamotoi is a relapsing fever Borrelia group spirochete that is transmitted by the same hard-bodied (ixodid) tick... View Article

Development of droplet digital PCR for the detection of Babesia microti and Babesia duncani

doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2014.12.003 Abstract Babesia spp. are obligate protozoan parasites of red blood cells. Transmission to humans occurs through bites from infected... View Article

CDC Warns of New Deadly Tick Borne Bourbon Virus Found in Kansas

February 21st, 2015 New Deadly Tick Borne Bourbon Virus Found in Kansas, man fell ill and died after becoming infected... View Article

A Rare Case of ARDS From Human Anaplasmosis

Kaphle U, Kheir F, Thammasitboon S. Respiratory Care, online before print, 2015 Feb 10. Abstract Human granulocytic anaplasmosis is... View Article

Australia: Researcher calls for action after those suffering Lyme Disease head abroad…

A TURRAMURRA researcher is calling on the medical fraternity to advocate for recognition of Lyme disease in Australia, both for... View Article

KSHB TV Kansas: New tick-borne virus discovered after the death of Kansas man

December 17th, 2014 KANSAS CITY, Kan. – A new, never before seen virus has been discovered in Kansas. The CDC... View Article

The Borrelia hermsii factor H binding protein FhbA is not required for infectivity in mice or for resistance to human complement in vitro.

[CanLyme note: Currently, testing and symptomotology knowledge are not nearly accurate enough to distinguish between a human B. hermsii infection and a... View Article

Bartonella henselae Infections In An Owner and Two Papillon Dogs Exposed to Tropical Rat Mites (Ornithonyssus bacoti).

Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2014 Oct;14(10):703-9. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1492. Abstract After raccoons were trapped and removed from under a house in... View Article

Case of tick paralysis found on Sunshine Coast

Hikers attempt to save snowshoe hare with engorged ticks Christine Wood/Glacier Media / Squamish Chief [newspaper] November 5, 2014 01:49 PM... View Article

Scientific American: Tick-Borne Diseases on the Rise, Thanks to Global Warming

Lyme disease is bad enough. But it’s just the beginning of a host of odd and ugly diseases ticks transmit,... View Article

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