The bacterium responsible for causing Q fever is called Coxiella burnettii. It originates in ticks and is transmitted to ...

BILLINGS — A Bozeman hunter’s bird dog has alerted health officials to the possibility that the tick that carries Lyme ...

Flu-like symptoms such as fever, chills, headache, and achiness are commonly associated with tick-borne diseases. Because ...

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a bacterial infection spread by biting ticks to humans and dogs. Found on every continent except Antarctica, the infectious disease has been spreading since the ...

the highly fatal viral hemorrhagic fever spreads to humans through ixodid ticks, which are typically found in mountains, forests and fields. According to the National Institute of Infectious ...