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Fewer Scientists Are Studying Insects. Here ’s Why That’s So Dangerous
In the summer of 2016, Jerome Goddard, a medical entomologist in Mississippi, received an email from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with a desperate ask. The agency was conducting an “urgent” search for insect scientists around the U.S. who could take up to a six-month paid leave from work to help the CDC fight the Zika outbreak in the U.S., and possibly respond to areas with local transmission if needed.
“That’s how bad it is—they need to borrow someone,” says Goddard, an extension professor of medical entomology at Mississippi State University. “We can&...
Source: TIME: Health - February 14, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alexandra Sifferlin Tags: Uncategorized healthytime public health Source Type: news
UArizona researchers launch the Great Arizona Tick Check
As spring blooms across much of the state, University of Arizona researchers are encouraging the public to check for ticks and contribute to an important community health effort.
Rosemary Brandt
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A male brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Brown dog ticks are the primary vector for Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Arizona.
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Source: The University of Arizona: Health - March 17, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: rjbrandt Source Type: research
This Year Might Be the Worst Tick Season Ever. Here ’ s Why
Marci Silbert wasn’t walking far on the evening of May 6. She, her husband, and another couple were visiting friends for dinner, and after eating, took a brief stroll down a short path to a small pond on their hosts’ property in the Berkshires in Massachusetts. They lingered for just a few moments, and then walked back. But that was all it took.
The next day, her husband noticed a tick embedded in his forearm. Silbert had one on the inside of her knee, and the husband in the other couple had one on his thigh. Out of an abundance of caution, they went to the hospital, had them removed, and were given prophylacti...
Source: TIME: Health - June 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized climate change Disease Environment healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Tick-borne infections of animals and humans: a common ground.
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A wide variety of pathogens is transmitted from ticks to vertebrates including viruses, bacteria, protozoa and helminths. of which most have a life cycle that requires passage through the vertebrate host. Tick-borne infections of humans, farm and companion animals are essentially associated with wildlife animal reservoirs. While some flying insect-borne diseases of humans such as malaria, filariasis and Kala Azar caused by Leishmania donovani target people as their main host, major tick-borne infections of humans, although potentially causing disease in large numbers of individuals, are typically an infri...
Source: International Journal for Parasitology - May 15, 2014 Category: Parasitology Authors: Baneth G Tags: Int J Parasitol Source Type: research
Reducing deer populations may reduce risk of Lyme disease
(Entomological Society of America) After a 13-year study was conducted, researchers in Connecticut have found that reduced deer populations can lead to a reduction in Lyme disease cases. The results of their study are published in the Journal of Medical Entomology.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 1, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and co‐infections with Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp. in Ixodes ricinus in Hamburg, Germany
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To obtain initial data on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) in Ixodes ricinus (Ixodida: Ixodidae) ticks in Hamburg, Germany, 1400 questing ticks were collected by flagging at 10 different public recreation areas in 2011 and analysed using probe‐based quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction. The overall rate of infection with B. burgdorferi s.l. was 34.1%; 30.0% of adults were infected (36.7% of females and 26.0% of males), as were 34.5% of nymphs. Significant differences in tick infection rates were observed between the spring and summer/autumn months, as well as amon...
Source: Medical and Veterinary Entomology - June 1, 2015 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: K. MAY, D. JORDAN, V. FINGERLE, C. STRUBE Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research
Researchers find ticks linked with Lyme disease in south London parks
(Wiley) Visitors to two popular parks in South London are at risk of coming into contact with ticks that can transmit Lyme disease to humans, according to a new study in Medical and Veterinary Entomology.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - September 24, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Tick abundances in South London parks and the potential risk for Lyme borreliosis to the general public
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Tick abundances and prevalences of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the causative agent of Lyme disease, were investigated in four South London parks. A total of 360 transects were sampled using three methods of collection (blanket, leggings and flags) simultaneously. No ticks were found on Wimbledon Common or at Hampton Court, but 1118 Ixodes ricinus (Ixodida: Ixodidae) ticks were collected at Richmond and Bushy Parks. At Richmond Park, lower canopy humidity [odds ratio (OR) 0.94; P = 0.005], increased mat depth (OR 1.15; P < 0.001) and increased soil moisture (OR 1.40; P = 0.001) predicted the ...
Source: Medical and Veterinary Entomology - September 1, 2015 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: C. NELSON, S. BANKS, C. L. JEFFRIES, T. WALKER, J. G. LOGAN Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research
Ticks Carrying Lyme Disease Found in London
Visitors to two popular parks in South London are at risk of coming into contact with ticks that can transmit Lyme disease to humans, according to new research published in Medical and Veterinary Entomology.
Source: Disabled World - October 10, 2015 Category: Disability Tags: Lyme Disease Source Type: news
Concern about rise in UK Lyme disease cases
"Surging numbers of people are being diagnosed with Lyme disease as cases spread from rural areas to the suburbs," the Daily Mail reports. The ongoing rise in Lyme disease cases in the UK – thought to be driven by climate change, leading to warmer winters – has been known by public health officials for some time. Reported cases in England and Wales rose from 268 in 2001 to 959 in 2011, but the true figure is thought be much higher. Current estimates put the actual figure at around 3,000 cases a year in England and Wales.It may also be the case that the disease is, as the Mail puts it, "moving into t...
Source: NHS News Feed - October 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice QA articles Source Type: news
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and co‐infections with Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Rickettsia spp. in Ixodes ricinus in Hamburg, Germany
Abstract
To obtain initial data on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) in Ixodes ricinus (Ixodida: Ixodidae) ticks in Hamburg, Germany, 1400 questing ticks were collected by flagging at 10 different public recreation areas in 2011 and analysed using probe‐based quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction. The overall rate of infection with B. burgdorferi s.l. was 34.1%; 30.0% of adults were infected (36.7% of females and 26.0% of males), as were 34.5% of nymphs. Significant differences in tick infection rates were observed between the spring and summer/autumn months, as well as among ...
Source: Medical and Veterinary Entomology - June 19, 2015 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: K. MAY, D. JORDAN, V. FINGERLE, C. STRUBE Tags: Short Communication Source Type: research
A tick that feeds on birds may increase the range of Lyme disease
(Entomological Society of America) A tick that is not known to bite people may play a role in the transmission of Lyme disease, according to an article in the Journal of Medical Entomology.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 23, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Ticks that transmit Lyme disease reported in nearly half of all US counties
(Entomological Society of America) Lyme disease is transmitted by the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) and the western blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus), and the range of these ticks is spreading, according to research published in the Journal of Medical Entomology.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 18, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Lyme Disease Ticks Reported in Nearly 50% of All US Counties
Lyme disease is transmitted by the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) and the western blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus), and the range of these ticks is spreading, according to research published in the Journal of Medical Entomology.
Source: Disabled World - January 19, 2016 Category: Disability Tags: Lyme Disease Source Type: news
Blacklegged Ticks Found in Half of U.S. Counties
Annapolis, MD; January 19, 2016 -- Lyme disease is transmitted by the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) and the western blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus), and the range of these ticks is spreading, according to research published in the Journal of Medical Entomology.
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Source: ESA News - January 19, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: rlevine Tags: Press Releases Source Type: research
