After being plucked from the dog’s neck, the tick was given to the Schutter ... also known as the deer tick or blacklegged tick (not to be confused with the western blacklegged tick, Ixodes ...

Lyme disease is the most well-known, caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, and is transmitted by black-legged ticks, ...

Symptoms of untreated Lyme may include severe headaches and neck stiffness ... This rare illness is spread by three types of deer ticks that become infected when they feed on squirrels, mice ...

A bite from an infected black-legged tick, also known as a deer tick, can cause Lyme disease ... Symptoms can include tiredness, headache, stiff neck, slight fever, swollen glands, muscle or ...

Scientists at Montana State University’s Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology are working to develop a better vaccination for Lyme disease.

And with it, comes tick season. “They emerge from the soil and are actually quite ravenous,” Dr. Ben Clarke shared. The immunologist and professor of biomedical sciences is studying deer ticks ...

PORTLAND (WGME) -- Tick experts are warning Mainers to prepare for an increase in tick populations this spring, following a winter that was not consistently cold enough to reduce their numbers.

The disease is transmitted by blacklegged ticks, also known as the deer tick. It is the only type of tick in Ontario ... They include fever and chills, headaches, muscle and joint pains, fatigue, a ...