How 'Stealth Warrior' Bacteria Turn Tick's Gut Microbes Against Itself
January 17, 2017
January 17, 2017
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 17 -- Yale University issued the following news release:
Before infecting humans, tick-borne bacteria or viruses first have to get past a tick's defenses to colonize it. How this occurs is not well understood. To investigate, Yale researchers studied a model of the second-most-common tick-borne infection in the United States, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, which can cause headaches, muscle pain, and even death.
The researchers found that in . . .
Before infecting humans, tick-borne bacteria or viruses first have to get past a tick's defenses to colonize it. How this occurs is not well understood. To investigate, Yale researchers studied a model of the second-most-common tick-borne infection in the United States, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, which can cause headaches, muscle pain, and even death.
The researchers found that in . . .