Disease carrying ticks are outside this summer

Lyme disease vaccine candidate VLA15 was granted Fast Track designation by the FDA Before taking a walk in the country woods this summer, health experts suggest protecting yourself from unwanted tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease. While Lyme disease is the most often tick-related disease discussed, various tick species carry and transmit a collection of other pathogens. In fact, the number of tick-borne disease cases are on the rise in the United States, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Moreover, the geo-range where various species of ticks live in North America is expanding. CDC research continues to disclose new pathogens that live in ticks, such as these diseases: Anaplasmosis is transmitted to humans by tick bites primarily from the black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis) in the northeastern and upper midwestern U.S. and the western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus) along the Pacific coast. Babesiosis is caused by microscopic parasites that infect red blood cells. Most...