Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in the Arctic
Karen D. McCoy, et al., published the open access article “Climate change in the Arctic: testing the poleward expansion of ticks and tick-borne diseases” in Global Change Biology on January 26, […]
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Karen D. McCoy, et al., published the open access article “Climate change in the Arctic: testing the poleward expansion of ticks and tick-borne diseases” in Global Change Biology on January 26, […]
Molly K. Roe, et al., published the review “Comprehensive Review of Emergence and Virology of Tickborne Bourbon Virus in the United States” in the CDC’s Emerging Infectious Diseases on December 21, 2022. The purpose of the study was to better understand the biology of Bourbon virus (BRBV).
Victoria Costa, et al., published the case report “Transfusion-transmitted babesiosis in a patient with sickle cell disease undergoing chronic red cell exchange” in Transfusion, January 13, 2023. The report describes a 30-year-old male patient with sickle cell disease (SCD) who presented with fever, neck pain, and photophobia roughly two months after receiving red cell exchange (RCE), a regimen he had been receiving since childhood.
George Mason University announced on January 16, 2023, via gmu.edu that Alessandra Luchini, Ph.D., of George Mason University, is one of 12 Virginia educators that have been formally recognized by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) with a 2023 Outstanding Faculty Award. Dr. Luchini is a professor at Mason’s Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine (CAPMM) within the College of Science.
Maria Karim, et al., published “A case of Lyme disease complicated by the Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction and coinfection with Babesia” in JAAD Case Reports on November 30, 2022. The case report describes a Lyme disease patient case in an endemic area that was complicated by a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (JHR) and Babesia coinfection.
Hart C., et al, published “Powassan Virus Lineage I in Field-Collected Dermacentor variabilis Ticks, New York, USA, in Emerging Infectious Diseases, on January 13, 2023. Powassan virus (POWV) is a tickborne flavivirus that can cause lethal or debilitating neurologic illness. POWV was initially found in the woodchuck tick, Ixodes cookei, and later in the I. scapularis tick.
IScience, (Adams,Y; et al.) published “3D blood-brain barrier-organoids as a model for Lyme neuroborreliosis highlighting genospecies dependent organotropism,” on December 19, 2022. This is an Open Access publication. Summary: “Lyme […]
Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID), (Vazquez Guillamet, LJ; et al.) published a research letter, “Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia lonestari after Tick Bite in Alabama, USA” in February, 2023. In this […]
The Journal of Inflammation (JMI), (Parthasarathy, G; et al.) published “The FGF/FGFR system in the microglial neuroinflammation with Borrelia burgdorferi: likely intersectionality with other neurological conditions,” January 17, 2023. In […]
Sandip De, et al, published “A high-quality Ixodes scapularis genome advances tick science” in Nature Genetics on January 19, 2023. The researchers sought to decipher a high-quality genome to gain better knowledge of tick biology and aid in the development of anti-tick methods.
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