This project builds on recent work reporting tick transmission of relapsing fever spirochetes and genome sequencing of both the pathogen and tick vector. We have utilized both next generation and ...

A new tick vector was the key. In most of the country, the disease is spread by ticks in the Demacentor genus, which people tend to pick up while working or recreating in the woods, Traeger says. Here ...

Each year as the temperature drops and the grass once again turns green, the Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control ...

Permethrin-impregnated clothing is increasingly recognized as an effective measure for protecting individuals from vector-borne diseases, particularly those transmitted by ticks and mosquitoes.