Lyme Disease

  • Experts Assess Lack of Success in Prevention and Control of Lyme Disease
    Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in the United States, with the majority of cases occurring in the Northeast. It has been three decades since the agent of the disease, the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, and the ticks that vector it were ...More
    January 5, 2012
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Say Local Antibiotic Therapy Stops Lyme Disease
    Lyme disease is a dangerous disease which is transmitted by ticks. Blood-sucking ticks ingest the agents that cause the disease – bacteria of the species Borrelia burgdorferi and its relatives – during a blood meal, and subsequently transmit them to the next victim they ...More
    September 15, 2011
    Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
  • Ticks and Lyme Disease Bacteria More Adaptable to New Habitats Than Previously Thought
    The Lyme disease tick, seen here in its larval, nymph and adult forms, is advancing across Illinois. Photo by Illinois Natural History Survey. A new study offers a detailed look at the status of Lyme disease in central Illinois and suggests that deer ticks and the Lyme ...More
    June 22, 2011
    Posted in News
  • CDC Observes Lyme Disease Awareness Month
    In recognition of Lyme Disease Awareness month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reminds Americans to learn about this common tickborne disease and take steps to protect themselves if they live in or visit areas with Lyme disease activity. Lyme disease is the ...More
    May 20, 2011
    Posted in News
  • IDSA Offers CME Course on Lyme Disease
    It’s spring, which means tiny ticks, no bigger than poppy seeds, are looking for human hosts – just as people are getting outside more to enjoy the warmer weather. The bite of these ticks can cause Lyme disease. And Lyme disease is becoming more and more prevalent; there ...More
    April 26, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Unlocking Mysteries Surrounding Lyme Disease
    Researchers recently developed novel diagnostic tools able to distinguish between the various strains of bacteria responsible for causing Lyme disease. For more than a decade, only one strain of B. burgdorferi (Lyme bacteria) had been sequenced (mapped), and although that ...More
    March 15, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Determine the Genetic Blueprint of the Lyme Disease Bacteria
    Researchers Dr. Steven E. Schutzer of UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School and Dr. Claire M. Fraser-Liggett of the Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland, and their collaborators have made a major achievement toward better understanding Lyme disease, by ...More
    October 8, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Chronic Lyme Disease: How Often is it Diagnosed and Treated?
    The existence of chronic Lyme disease is an issue of sharp debate within the medical community. Some healthcare workers who call themselves "Lyme literate" insist that chronic Lyme disease is frequently diagnosed and treated by primary care physicians. Others, however, ...More
    September 2, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Take Preventive Measures Against Ticks Carrying Lyme Disease
    Research on the population of black-legged ticks, which can transmit Lyme disease from host animals to humans, reinforces that it is important to take preventive measures when spending time outdoors. ...More
    July 20, 2010
    Posted in News
  • New Test May Simply and Rapidly Detect Lyme Disease
    Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have developed a more sensitive test for Lyme disease that may offer earlier detection and lower cost. The details are reported in the June 2010 issue of the journal Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. Lyme disease is a ...More
    June 18, 2010
    Posted in News
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