Sentences with phrase «blackleg disease»

Scientists were interested in a bacterial disease in Nigerian cattle known as «blackleg disease,» caused by the bacteria Clostridium chauvoei.

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Lyme disease - causing bacteria are spread by blacklegged ticks, which are common around the state.

They cite plenty of evidence: In the Northeast, where Lyme is endemic, the disease is spread by nymphs (the tick's juvenile form) of Ixodes scapularis, commonly known as blacklegged ticks.

Lane is searching for nymphal western blacklegged ticks (species name Ixodes pacificus), the prime vector for spreading Lyme disease out West.

And this is where the CDC and researchers like Clark and his colleagues part ways: Clark recognizes that Lyme disease transmitted by blacklegged ticks is relatively infrequent in the South.

They found blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), also called deer ticks, infected with the bacteria that causes Lyme disease in all nine parks.

Lyme disease is transmitted when blacklegged ticks infected with the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi bite people.

In Ontario, the primary tick involved in transmission of Lyme disease is the blacklegged tick.

Scientists know of just one way that people can acquire Lyme disease, and that's by getting bit by an infected blacklegged tick or Western blacklegged tick.

Only ticks of the blacklegged variety who inhabit parts of the country where Lyme disease is highly prevalent are commonly infected with Borrelia burgdorferi or Borrelia mayonii, the two species of bacteria that cause Lyme disease in the United States.

Lyme disease (technically «borreliosis») is an insect - borne illness transmitted through the bite of an infected blacklegged tick (also called the deer tick).

Lyme disease is spread through the bite of an infected blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis).

Lyme disease is an insect - borne illness transmitted through the bite of an infected blacklegged tick (also called the deer tick).

Ixodes pacificus or the blacklegged tick carries the disease on the West coast of the United States.

It is believed that the disease is caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi, which is spread by infected blacklegged (or deer) ticks.

It is believed that the disease is caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi, which is spread by infected blacklegged (or deer)... Read More»

Lyme disease — caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi — is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged or deer ticks, and can have lifelong debilitating effects such as arthritis, fatigue and even neurological deficits.

The primary carrier of Lyme disease is the blacklegged tick also called a «deer tick» or «bear tick».

Fall is when ticks — usually the deer tick or blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis)-- like to put their bite on dogs the most, and, as a result, that's when Lyme disease is transmitted most...

In North America the blacklegged tick, also known as the deer tick is the principle vector of Lyme disease as well as human granulocytic anaplasmosis and human babesiosis.

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The development and survival of blacklegged ticks, their animal hosts, and the Lyme disease bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, are strongly influenced by climatic factors, especially temperature, precipitation, and humidity.