A woman in her 60s is the first Montgomery County resident to die from the West Nile virus this year, health officials said Wednesday. Source: KPRC
Ticks that transmit Lyme disease don't take the winter off (via KYW)
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — If you think ticks aren’t active in the winter, think again. “As long as it’s above freezing, you can get a tick bite,” said Penn State Insect Identification Lab Director Michael Skvarla. Source: KYW
Connecticut not likely to See drop in Lyme disease cases (via New Haven Register)
Last year will likely turn out to be an average year for Lyme disease infections in Connecticut, unlike in Maine, which experienced a dramatic decrease in 2018, possibly caused by a drought in that state. “We have to be very careful to use precipitation as a proxy for the number of Lyme disease cases in humans,” said Goudarz Molaei, director … Read More
Big Island infant hospitalized on Oahu after getting rat lungworm disease (via KHON)
The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed a recent case of rat lungworm disease in an infant from the east side of the Big Island. Source: KHON
Health Watch: Mystery Meat Allergy Starts With A Tick Bite (via WEAREGREENBAY)
Most of us enjoy a good, juicy burger from time to time. But imagine if eating red meat triggered a severe allergic reaction! At one time, it was very rare reaction and limited to a few hundred people in the southern United States. Source: WEAREGREENBAY
ID Care: What you need to know about the Zika virus (via MY CENTRAL JERSEY)
Zika is a type of virus that can cause infection in the body. Source: MY CENTRAL JERSEY
Fighting human disease with birth control … for mosquitoes (via ScienceDaily)
A newly discovered protein that is crucial for egg production in mosquitoes opens a possibility for ‘mosquito birth control.’ The approach might offer a way to reduce mosquito populations in areas of human disease transmission without harming beneficial insects such as honey bees. Source: ScienceDaily
Scientists May Have Cracked Mystery of Tick-Borne Virus (via Research & Development)
Scientists have gained a better understanding of a potentially fatal tick-borne virus that emerged in China about a decade ago. Source: Research & Development
USC researchers race against tick-borne illness before it spreads in U.S. (via USC News)
The Asian longhorned tick, new to North America, can transmit a disease that causes nausea, diarrhea and muscle pain — and, often, death. Source: USC News
7 Unexpected Signs Of Lyme Disease Experts Want You To Know About (via Bustle/)
There is no disease in the world like Lyme Disease. Few other illnesses have so many varied manifestations, are so difficult to test for, or take over your entire body like Lyme does. Many people with Lyme go undiagnosed because the symptoms of Lyme Source: Bustle/
/* ]]> */