Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne illness in the U.S. and Europe, is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. A new study may ...

A new study by Fikrig and other researchers, published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine, uses a powerful ...

Researchers have identified a new way to fight infections like Lyme disease and syphilis by disrupting the bacteria’s "motor" ...

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Lyme disease, spread by infected ticks, starts with flu-like symptoms but can lead to serious neurological, heart, and joint ...

In Estonia, many people learned a lesson from ethnomedicine as children: that placing a plantain leaf on a scraped knee would ...

Aug. 15, 2024 — Researchers have produced a genetic analysis of Lyme disease bacteria that may pave the way for improved diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the tick-borne ... Bartonella DNA ...

The prospect of Lyme disease is no joke. About 47% of the adult ticks that the St. Joseph County Department of Health has collected since 2017 have tested positive for the bacteria that leads to ...

The NHS has issued guidance over a bacterial illness that's especially prevalent between April and July. The infection is ...

The NHS has issued a warning over a bacterial infection that can be spread by a tick bite and, if left untreated, can result ...

Ticks live in many different outdoor environments but they are particularly common in grassy and wooded areas. The health ...

A bacterial infection that's especially prevalent between April and July can spread to the heart in severe cases ...