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

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 ...

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.

Being mindful of Lyme disease is essential; however, it’s also crucial to be aware of other diseases that ticks can carry, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and ehrlichiosis, which ...

Tick paralysis (TP), a response to the neurotoxic effects of the salivary secretions produced by attached hard ticks (Ixodidae), is a syndrome that mimics a large number of better known ...

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 ...