The Zika virus must take the side roads into the placenta to infect a fetus, one researcher said but the Rift Valley fever virus takes the expressway. Source: r20.rs6.net
$15k grant awarded to study ticks in Pike (via poconorecord.com)
MILFORD — A $15,000 Lyme Disease Association Award has been received for an ongoing field study throughout Pike County, of ticks that carry Source: poconorecord.com
Duval County has highest rate of West Nile virus in State, according to Health Department report (via WJAX)
According to a new report from the Florida Department of Health, Duval County leads the state of Florida in human cases of West Nile virus. Source: WJAX
Twin Buttes boy recovers after West Nile Virus (via Andrew Horn)
We met Benny Howling Wolf in June, when his mom Jessica was warning North Dakotans about the dangers of West Nile Virus. Source: Andrew Horn
Ohio vets Seeing more tick-borne Lyme disease in dogs (via WCMH)
Ticks are bugs that can easily get on humans, but we usually find them on our pets. Source: WCMH
Mystery Meat Allergy Starts With a Tick Bite (via NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)
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… Source: NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Heavy rain brings back mosquitoes to Collier County (via r20.rs6.net)
Thursday’s heavy rainfall could bring with it breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Source: r20.rs6.net
West Nile Disease Paralyzes Twin Cities Man (via r20.rs6.net)
A Twin Cities father is forced to celebrate the holidays in a rehab facility as he fights back against West Nile virus. Source: r20.rs6.net
3 new West Nile cases in Suffolk, officials say (via Newsday)
All three of the victims were treated at hospitals and are recovering, officials say. Source: Newsday
Montgomery County reports first West Nile-related death of 2018 (via KPRC)
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
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