Officials with the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) report (computer translated) the first case of the tickborne infection, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) in...

Lyme borreliosis is a disease caused by bacteria of the genus Borrelia that are transmitted by a bite from a tick of the genus Ixodes. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur used mice to study the transmission...

Researchers at the RIVM and Wageningen University expect us to have more than 500,000 tick bites in June and July, half of the annual number of tick bites. “Every year in our data from tekenradar.nl...

Ohio health officials are advising the public, despite the colder weather, to take precautions to prevent tick bites as a steady increase in the tick-borne infection, Lyme disease has been seen in recent...

The number of Lyme disease cases in the Canadian province of Quebec have increased significantly in recent years, prompting health officials to advise the public to be aware of tick bites this summer. According...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has confirmed a case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in a child in Cass County. This is the first confirmed case of RMSF contracted in...

Doctors are being advised to consider the diagnosis of Lyme disease in patients with suggestive symptoms, as the disease can often be mistaken for other conditions, according to the Medical Defence Union...