In addition to Lyme disease there are several other infectious organisms which tick can harbor and pass onto people and pets.

The discovery of Rickettsia sp. ME2023 is a key piece of a puzzle that scientists at the UMass Amherst-based New England Center of Excellence in Vector-borne Diseases (NEWVEC) are pondering.

AMHERST — University of Massachusetts researchers have uncovered rabbit ticks in Maine that harbor a new strain of bacteria related to pathogens known to cause spotted fever in humans.

(WTIC Radio) - The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station reports the first locally acquired human disease case of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis in Connecticut. The invasive Gulf Coast ...

The new bacteria, Rickettsia sp. ME2023 ... but relatively few of them have been demonstrated to cause human disease,” Telford said. “This demonstration rests on actual case reports of ...

The usual ticks found in the Northeast are deer, dog, and human ticks that often carry Lyme disease. In this survey ... rare microbe called Rickettsia similar to a strain found in California ...

Microbiologist Stephen Rich is the executive director of the UMass Amherst-based New England Center of Excellence in Vector-borne Diseases ... positive for the new Rickettsia genotype.