July 31, 2010
Ticks: Another Bloodsucker More Active in Summer
A female deer tick is seen under a University of Rhode Island microscope in the entomoloy lab March 18, 2002.
July 30, 2010
Lyme Borreliosis, Po River Valley, Italy
Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy ; Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, Pavia ; and Universit degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy Abstract We aimed to determine the presence of Ixodes ricinus ticks in heavily populated areas of the Po River …
Friday, July 30, 2010 Karen Welch I am Karen Welch and I live in the Grassy Knob Area.
Babesiosis, a rare and occasionally fatal tick-borne disease caused by microscopic parasites known as Babesia which infect red blood cells, is on the rise in the Lower Hudson Valley according to the NYS DOH, including the counties of Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan and Rockland.
