tickborne disease

Leveraging the same mRNA platform used for COVID-19 vaccines, researchers generated a vaccine that prevents mice from acquiring Lyme disease.

NIH researcher Andaleeb Sajid discusses her study’s finding that ticks were unable to feed on vaccinated guinea pigs, preventing transmission of the pathogen that causes Lyme disease.

In Northern California, the proportion of ticks infected with the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi was the same in shrubland along beaches as in woodland habitats.

The Asian longhorned tick, first found in the country last year, is now present in several states.

Warmer weather is thought to be behind the rise in vector-borne illnesses in recent years.