This work was supported by a public health service grant NIH R01 AI093653 to JHF Pedra. MS Severo has a PhD fellowship of the American Association of University Women. The authors have no other ...

Future Microbiol. 2012;7(6):719-731. 1 Department of Entomology & Center for Disease Vector Research, 900 University Avenue, University of California – Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA 2 Institute ...

The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) is urging residents to protect themselves from ticks after a tick was identified with Anaplasma phagocytophilum bacteria for the first time in the region. The ...

An important advancement toward developing a vaccine against the debilitating and potentially deadly tick-transmitted disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis has been made by scientists. Successful ...

Researchers have identified the "keys" and "doors" of a bacterium responsible for a series of tick-transmitted diseases. These findings may point researchers toward the development of a single vaccine ...

RICHMOND, Va. (Oct. 12, 2012) – Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have identified the "keys" and "doors" of a bacterium responsible for a series of tick-transmitted ...

Human granulocytic anaplasmosis should be considered in patients with a history of tick bite who present with fever, headache, elevated transaminases, thrombocytopenia and leukopenia. Diagnosis ...

For the first time in Washington state, a locally acquired case of tick-borne anaplasmosis has been reported in a human being, according to the Washington State Department of Health (DOH). The case ...

Ticks have long been an unwelcome part of New York summers, but in recent years, illnesses caused by tick bites have been increasing across the state. According to the New York State Department of ...