The disease — Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis — is transmitted by the Gulf Coast tick, which previously was restricted to the southeastern part of the country but has expanded northward in ...

That pathogen, known as Rickettsia parkeri, can be transmitted to people and can cause a disease called rickettsiosis. While an established population of Gulf Coast ticks has not yet been detected in ...

The disease rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, which is carried by the Gulf Coast tick, was recently discovered in someone in Connecticut, according to a report from the Connecticut Agricultural ...

700 species of hard ticks and 200 species of soft ticks exist worldwide, but in the U.S., the most common perpetrators are Blacklegged Ticks, Lone Star Ticks, and American Dog Ticks — notorious for ...