The bacterium that causes Lyme disease is a master of disguise, changing its appearance to evade the immune system as it moves from the ticks that carry it to humans or animals.
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Ticks can spread a range of disease – including Lyme disease and the fatal Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever.
There are arguments over the future of red deer on the Scottish island of South Uist but archaeological expertise can help people live alongside wild animals.
Not all cases of La Crosse disease affect the neurological system, but those that do can be severe and sometimes fatal – especially in children.
Lyme disease affects millions worldwide. But there are things you can do to protect yourself from this insidious illness.
The study found that ticks were unable to feed on guinea pigs vaccinated with an mRNA vaccine, preventing transmission of the pathogen that causes Lyme disease.
Patients with Lyme disease can develop Lyme carditis, a potentially serious complication that affects cardiac function.
How bad are ticks this year? An expert explains why tick-borne diseases are on the rise.
There is plenty of misinformation circulating about ticks and the diseases they may carry. Here are four myths debunked, along with tick facts to keep people safe when exploring the outdoors.
More than 300 dogs in WA and the NT have tested positive to canine ehrlichiosis, a potentially fatal disease transmitted by ticks.
What might look like a mild case of COVID-19 could actually be a bacterial infection from a tick bite, with potentially debilitating symptoms if it goes untreated.
Many patients without a diagnosis of Lyme disease report a constellation of symptoms, sometimes for years. Does chronic Lyme disease exist?
Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in the West.
A tick expert explains his work trying to understand why the abundance of the parasites vary so much from location to location and year to year.
Scientists know the bacterium that causes Lyme disease has been out in the wild since long before any biological weapons research could have focused on it. And that’s just for starters.
The Pentagon has been instructed by the House of Representatives to investigate whether ticks were infected with Lyme disease by the US military.
Tick-borne diseases are becoming more common in the United States. A public health entomologist outlines some of the lesser-known threats ticks pose to human health.
From heat stroke to asthma to lyme disease, climate change already poses a serious health risk.
If you are bitten by a tick, you need to find out what species it was, fast. A research team has developed a website to help people in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick do just that.
Ticks are generally inactive in the winter and start to look for their next meal as temperatures warm up. But as winters warm, every season may become tick season.
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Emeritus professor, Murdoch University
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Associate Professor of Biology, University of Richmond
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Senior lecturer, Murdoch University
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Professor of Interdisciplinary Parasitology, University of Nottingham
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Richard Malik is a Friend of The Conversation.
Veterinary Internist (Specialist), University of Sydney
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Professor in Bioarchaeology, Head of Archaeology and Conservation, Cardiff University
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Research Fellow, Malaria biochemistry, Monash University
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Professor in Biochemistry, Murdoch University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University
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Reader in International Relations, Royal Holloway University of London
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Professor of Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario
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Assistant Professor of Entomology, Rutgers University
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Assistant Research Professor of Entomology, Penn State
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Professor of Biology, University of Newcastle
