Climate change may be helping longhorned ticks spread Ehrlichiosis across the U.S. more effectively. The infection ...

Dare County officials have issued a mandatory evacuation of Zone A of Hatteras Island due to the potential for ...

The invasive longhorned tick species is posing new health risks as scientists warn that it could potentially lead to an ...

Public health agencies are urging people to take precautions when spending time outdoors, such as using insect repellent and ...

In 2022, there were 1,570 reported cases of ehrlichiosis compared to 201 cases in 2000, when the disease first became nationally tracked. But this most recent case is even rarer than usual.

Normal ehrlichiosis symptoms usually begin five to 14 days after a tick bite, Dr. Sanjeev Swami, assistant professor of clinical pediatrics and pediatric infectious disease specialist at Children ...

So with that increase of the lone star tick population, you would expect to see an increase of ehrlichiosis." Scott Campbell, Suffolk County’s chief entomologist, on Wednesday.

Ehrlichiosis represents a group of infections that are caused by obligate intracellular bacteria from the bacterial family Anaplasmataceae (chiefly belonging to the genus Ehrlichia and Anaplasma ...

Ehrlichiosis is an infectious disease caused by a type of round bacteria that have the propensity to invade and infect the white blood cells (leukocytes). There are two primary types of white ...

Ehrlichiosis is one of the most common tick-borne diseases in Oklahoma, and experts say diagnosis can be tricky because people may think they have the flu and may not realize ...

Molaei said that a rise in ehrlichiosis cases is expected in the future. The bacterial infection can be a serious illness, though most cases are not fatal with prompt treatment.

Human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) is a tick-borne illness caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis. The distribution of this rickettsial disease parallels that of its major tick vectors, the Lone Star ...