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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...

Tick-borne encephalitis: ‘Most of the virus spreading events occurred in the last three or four centuries’ according to researchers

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Researchers from Sechenov University together with colleagues from several Russian institutes analysed data on the RNA structure of tick-borne encephalitis virus. Much larger than in previous studies,...

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Moscow tick activity down, Lyme disease cases same as last year

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews  The Office of Rospotrebnadzor in the Moscow Region reported Monday on tick activity in the region (computer translated). As of May 14, 2020, 1,417 people went to...

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England: Tick-borne encephalitis virus reported for the first time in ticks

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews UK health officials have detected Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) in ticks in two areas of England. This is the first time the virus has been detected in ticks...

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Switzerland reports increased numbers of tick-borne encephalitis, Lyme disease cases so far in 2018

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The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) reported recently on the tick-borne disease situation in the country (computer translated), and the data shows that case numbers of tick-borne encephalitis...

Global warming and the spread of vectors carrying viral infection

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Spurred on by climate change, international travel and international trade, disease-bearing insects are spreading to ever-wider parts of the world. This means that more humans are exposed to viral infections...

Germany reports increase in infectious diseases: Robert Koch report

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The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) released the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Annual Report (computer translated) earlier this week and it shows an increase in infectious diseases in the country. They...

Latvia reports two suspect tick-borne encephalitis cases

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A spokesperson from the Riga Eastern Hospital said two people in Latvia are suspected to have tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), according to the Latvian Information Agency (LETA) (computer translated). These...

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Switzerland reports increase in Lyme disease

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Health officials in Switzerland are reporting an increase in tick bites and tick borne diseases like Lyme disease through August this year. To date, there have been 8,400 cases of acute Lyme disease....

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Researchers look at the tick genome

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With tenacity befitting their subject, an international team of nearly 100 researchers toiled for a decade and overcame tough technical challenges to decipher the genome of the blacklegged tick (Ixodes...