Tag: Lyme

Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis)

Interagency Cooperation Drives Discovery of Lyme Disease Spirochete in Exotic Tick

Analysis of Asian longhorned ticks collected in Pennsylvania found just one—out of more than 250 tested—carrying the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. The invasive tick is unlikely to play a role in Lyme transmission, but the research underscores the importance of active tick and pathogen surveillance and collaboration among agencies at local, state, and national levels.

Entomology Today May 28, 2021 Leave a Comment

Fossilized Tick Provides Evidence that Lyme Disease is Millions of Years Older than Humans

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there about 300,000 cases of Lyme disease in the U.S. each year. The stealthy, often misdiagnosed disease was discovered nearly […]

Co-Discoverer of Lyme Disease Dies at Age 79

Stephen Malawista, one of the discoverers of Lyme disease, died Wednesday at age 79. Malawista and his research team are credited with discovering Lyme disease in the 1970s and with […]

CDC Estimates 300,000 Lyme Disease Cases in U.S. Each Year

Preliminary estimates released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that the number of Americans diagnosed with Lyme disease each year is around 300,000. The preliminary estimates were […]