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Tick ecology
Tick ecology studies the relationships among ticks and the environment in which they live. Studying tick ecology can help understand the dynamics and variation in the risk of infection by tick-born pathogens.
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AUG 06, 2024Microbiology
India is experiencing the most severe outbreak of a disease known as Chandipura virus in decades. Previous outbreaks hav ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks carry the bacterium, Borrelia burgdoferi, which causes Lyme disease. Lyme is becoming more common as the climate c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2023Earth & The Environment
Average temperatures are changing in many places, including the United States, and plants that were once icons of the So ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2023Health & Medicine
Mosquito and tick bites can spread several different diseases, and the range of these insects are shifting as the climat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 16, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, a signaling pathway that links two species has been revealed - molecules generated when bacteria inf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 10, 2022Microbiology
Lyme disease occurs when a blacklegged tick that is infected with Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria bites a human, and the i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 14, 2021Microbiology
Leprosy has been infecting people since ancient times, and is estimated to have caused about 202,000 new infections in 2 ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2021Earth & The Environment
Hunting and conservation are inextricably linked. Hunters are some of the most avid conservationists because they want t ...Written By: Samantha LottAUG 26, 2021Microbiology
Ticks are vectors for disease; they can transmit pathogenic bacteria to animals and humans through their bites. Diseases ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2020Microbiology
Ticks transmit the bacterial pathogen that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF).Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2020Microbiology
While only about 25 of 900 species of tick spread disease, ticks are responsible for an estimated 95 percent of vector-b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2020Earth & The Environment
Warnings about an "insect apocalypse" have been making headlines in ecology and conservation news in the past ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 03, 2019Earth & The Environment
Due to human expansion in agriculture and livestock, logging, gas and oil exploration, and infrastructure expansion, for ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 25, 2019Microbiology
Massachusetts health officials confirmed yesterday that a third person has died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis this ye ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Lyme disease is on the rise, and researchers are working to learn more about how it's transmitted.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2018Microbiology
Ticks are known to carry infectious illnesses; Lyme disease is North America's most common tick-borne disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2018Plants & Animals
According to a recent research collaboration between the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the Royal Society for th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B from University of California Santa Barbara researchers ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 23, 2015Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t ...Written By: Robert Woodard
AUG 06, 2024
Microbiology
India is experiencing the most severe outbreak of a disease known as Chandipura virus in decades. Previous outbreaks hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks carry the bacterium, Borrelia burgdoferi, which causes Lyme disease. Lyme is becoming more common as the climate c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Average temperatures are changing in many places, including the United States, and plants that were once icons of the So
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2023
Health & Medicine
Mosquito and tick bites can spread several different diseases, and the range of these insects are shifting as the climat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 16, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, a signaling pathway that links two species has been revealed - molecules generated when bacteria inf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 10, 2022
Microbiology
Lyme disease occurs when a blacklegged tick that is infected with Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria bites a human, and the i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2021
Microbiology
Leprosy has been infecting people since ancient times, and is estimated to have caused about 202,000 new infections in 2
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Hunting and conservation are inextricably linked. Hunters are some of the most avid conservationists because they want t
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
AUG 26, 2021
Microbiology
Ticks are vectors for disease; they can transmit pathogenic bacteria to animals and humans through their bites. Diseases
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2020
Microbiology
Ticks transmit the bacterial pathogen that causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF).
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2020
Microbiology
While only about 25 of 900 species of tick spread disease, ticks are responsible for an estimated 95 percent of vector-b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Warnings about an "insect apocalypse" have been making headlines in ecology and conservation news in the past
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 03, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Due to human expansion in agriculture and livestock, logging, gas and oil exploration, and infrastructure expansion, for
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 25, 2019
Microbiology
Massachusetts health officials confirmed yesterday that a third person has died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis this ye
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Lyme disease is on the rise, and researchers are working to learn more about how it's transmitted.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2018
Microbiology
Ticks are known to carry infectious illnesses; Lyme disease is North America's most common tick-borne disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2018
Plants & Animals
According to a recent research collaboration between the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the Royal Society for th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B from University of California Santa Barbara researchers
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 23, 2015
Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard