A Tick that Feeds on Birds May Increase the Range of Lyme Disease
By Meredith Swett Walker If you have lived in the northeastern United States any time in the last 25 years or so, you have almost certainly heard of Lyme disease. […]
Ticks that Vector Lyme Disease Move West into North Dakota
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, there are more than 300,000 cases of Lyme disease in the U.S. each year. Last year, most Lyme disease cases reported to […]
Reduced Numbers of Deer can Lead to Fewer Lyme Disease Cases
Since white-tailed deer serve as the primary host for the adult blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) — the vector for Lyme disease — scientists have wondered whether reducing the number of […]