Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
– Feb 3, 2020
Print Versionpdf icon [PDF – 4 pages] More than half of all infections that people can get can be spread by animals. Diseases like rabies, Salmonella, and West Nile virus infections are examples of zoonotic diseases (or…
Scientists think ticks could be up to 300 million years old. The fossil record even includes amber-encased ticks still engorged with their last dino meal. Which is amazing. Those blood-sucking arthropods have been doing their thing for longer than…
One of the most effective ways to get rid of the Lyme bacterium in its wild hosts is to treat them with doxycycline. However, widespread use of doxycycline in animals runs the risk of causing the development of resistance—not just in the…
Background: In the clinical setting, it is not common practice to consider a vector bite, such as from a tick or flea, to be a contributing factor to chronic digestive symptoms. This article investigates associations we have observed among…
In 2015, the Infectious Diseases Society of America opened comments for its proposed Lyme disease guideline revision process. Although the Institute of Medicine standards on creating trustworthy guidelines, requires that those affected by…
