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Maine reports record number of Lyme disease cases in 2022

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and Maine officials have issued a health advisory on Lyme disease and other tickborne diseases. Ticks are already active this year. As the weather...

Babesiosis in the US with the CDC’s Megan Swanson

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a recent paper in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), authors report U.S. babesiosis incidence significantly increased in northeastern states in the past...

Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire experience largest percent change in Babesiosis incidence

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Babesiosis is an emerging zoonotic tickborne parasitic disease in the United States and occurs primarily in the Northeast and Midwest. According to a recent Morbidity and Mortality...

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Canada: Emerging tick-borne pathogens on the rise in the central part of the country

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Tick-borne pathogens, known for causing illnesses such as Lyme disease, are on the rise in Central Canada – presenting new risks in areas where they were never previously detected. The findings from...

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Maine on track to break records for anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Lyme disease cases in 2022

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NewsDesk @bactiman63  The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) urges Maine people and visitors to take precautions against tick bites this fall. Maine experiences increased adult...

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Tickborne diseases and hunting: Illinois health officials offer advice

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Illinois Department of Public Health is reminding hunters to take precautions against tick bites to prevent contracting diseases they may carry, as hunting season...

Australia: Researchers develop vaccine in pre-clinical studies for human babesiosis

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In a world-first, Griffith University researchers have developed a new vaccine in pre-clinical studies to treat human babesiosis, a tick-transmitted disease closely related to malaria. Lead researcher Professor...

Pennsylvania: Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force release results of study

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials in Pike County, in northeastern Pennsylvania, released the findings of a first-of-its-kind baseline study by the Tick Borne Diseases Task Force. The study...

Babesiosis: New research with herbal medicines demonstrate inhibitory activity

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Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the U.S., today announced the publication of new data finding that five herbal medicines had potent activity compared to commonly-used...

Babesiosis: 1st locally acquired case recorded in the UK

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in the United Kingdom have reported the first locally transmitted babesiosis case. In addition, Public Health England (PHE) saw the second ever UK-acquired...