Doctors explain everything you need to know about Lyme disease and what to do if you find a tick attached to your skin.

While treatable with antibiotics if caught early enough, if it’s left untreated, Lyme disease symptoms can spread to the ...

The duration of antibiotic therapy for early Lyme disease has been increasing in clinical practice. In this double-blind trial, researchers randomized 180 patients (minimum age, 16) with annular ...

Lyme disease, spread by infected ticks, starts with flu-like symptoms but can lead to serious neurological, heart, and joint issues if untreated. A new research finds targeted ways for tick-borne ...

Taken from [30]. An adult or child with a documented episode of early or late Lyme disease fulfilling the case definition of the CDC. If based on erythema migrans, the diagnosis must be made and ...

As spring arrives, a local infectious disease expert is warning residents to take precautions against ticks, which can ...

"Lyme disease is really so much more ... transmitted by the Ixodes blacklegged tick. Early diagnosis is critical to preventing disseminated disease, and treatment involves 10 days to 4 weeks ...

A tick removed from a hunting dog in Dawson County was confirmed to be the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis, also called ...

Scientists have discovered that the enzyme BbLDH is crucial for the survival and infectivity of the Lyme disease bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. This finding opens the door to targeted treatments ...

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States ― in other words, it’s the most common human illness caused by a biting arachnid that spreads a parasite. While treatable with ...