The study of the incidence and spread of infectious diseases in populations over time. Host, pathogen and environmental factors are monitored to determine the dynamics of infection, the ultimate ...

After being misdiagnosed, 13-year-old Sophie’s condition worsened. A second vet visit revealed Ehrlichiosis, leading to a ...

Background: Human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) is a tick-borne illness caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis ... were performed using Fisher exact test or Wilcoxon rank sum tests.

Lyme disease is a tick-borne zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi (B. burgdorferi). B. burgdorferi is a spirochete bacterium and is mainly transmitted by infected blacklegged ...

Use clean, fine-point tweezers to grasp the head as close to the skin as possible and slowly pull straight out. Try not to twist or squeeze the tick. Ticks firmly attach their mouthparts into the skin ...

A new study from the University of Georgia suggests that more than one in five shelter dogs are infected with heartworms or had been exposed to Lyme disease. Previous studies from UGA have ... Both ...

Researchers are seeking thousands of volunteers in the United States and Europe to test the first potential vaccine against Lyme disease in 20 years — in hopes of better fighting the tick-borne ...

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