Vector-borne disease: An illness caused by pathogens transmitted to humans through the bites of infected arthropods, such as ticks or mosquitoes. Post-treatment Lyme disease (PTLD): A condition ...

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick— also called a deer tick — is a risk during spring, summer ...

The researchers analyzed the abundance of blacklegged ticks and the presence of Lyme disease bacteria and other pathogens so that they could determine how blacklegged ticks and the pathogens they ...

A new study finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks and 25% of the younger ticks in the Northeast US carry the bacteria ...

This species is the primary carrier of Lyme borreliosis (Lyme disease) and can also transmit other pathogens. Additionally, other tick species exist that predominantly feed on livestock, but are ...

Interior Department The researchers analyzed the abundance of blacklegged ticks and the presence of Lyme disease bacteria and other pathogens so that they could determine how blacklegged ticks and ...

Don’t forget—ticks bite people, too! In summary, Lyme disease is the result of a bloodborne pathogen. Black-legged ticks carry the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi and pass it on to their hosts.

Back in Oliver’s lab, he’s analyzing them to see if they carry bacterial pathogens like Borrelia burgdorferi, the causal agent of Lyme disease. If a tick carries any such infectious bacterial strains, ...