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Brain disease transmitted by tick bites may be treatable – EurekAlert
The virus that causes tick-borne encephalitis appears to trick the immune system, misdirecting it into producing inferior antibodies. But new research shows some…
IMAGE: The castor bean tick, which is prevalent throughout Europe, can cause both Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis.
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Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Immunology at The Rockefeller University
Tick-borne encephalitis is a disease just as nasty as it sounds. Once bitten by an infected tick, some people develop flu-like symptoms that resolve quietly but leave behind rampant neurological disease–brain swelling, memory loss, and cognitive decline. Cases are on the rise in Central Europe…
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