Because Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi share the same vector and the same reservoir mice, a single Ixodes scapularis bite can deliver both. Co-infected patients tend to have more severe and prolonged symptoms than those with Lyme alone, and standard doxycycline does not treat the Babesia parasite - which requires atovaquone plus azithromycin.
Borrelia miyamotoi disease shares a vector with Lyme disease - the same Ixodes species - but presents differently: high fevers that recur…
Ixodes scapularis takes three blood meals over a roughly two-year life cycle. Larvae and nymphs feed mainly on white-footed mice and other…
A single Ixodes scapularis nymph the size of a poppy seed can deliver Borrelia burgdorferi after roughly 36 to 48 hours of attachment.…
A 2001 NEJM trial by Robert Nadelman and colleagues showed that a single 200 mg oral dose of doxycycline within 72 hours of removing an…
Babesia microti lives inside red blood cells and survives standard blood-bank storage. Between 1979 and 2009, 159 of 162 reported United…
Despite expanding overlap with Lyme disease in the southeastern United States, Amblyomma americanum (the lone star tick) does not transmit…