tick borne diseases
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Ticks Use This One Neat Trick to Help Them Suck Your Blood, Study Finds
Blood-sucking ticks might be even clingier than we thought. Recent research has found that at least one tick species seems to use static electricity to help itself grapple onto potential hosts. The trick allows the tick to extend its reach by several body lengths, the authors say. Ticks are tiny parasitic arachnids, though they’re more…
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Scientists Made a Map of the Nasty Diseases Ticks Can Give You
It may be winter in the U.S., but it’s always a good time to refresh your innate fear of the creepy crawlies that make us sick. In a new paper this week, John Hopkins researchers have detailed the creation of their Lyme and tickborne disease dashboard. The project provides an easy-to-navigate map tracking the spread…
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An Emerging Tickborne Disease Is Gaining Steam in New York
An emerging disease spread by ticks is becoming a substantial public health threat in New York State, researchers warn in a new study out this month. The study found that human cases of anaplasmosis have dramatically increased in the state over the past decade, and ticks are found to be carrying the bacteria responsible for…