Article: NATIONWIDE SPREAD OF LYME DISEASE IS FOCUS OF NEW UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND STUDY

Article: U. Rhode Island's lyme disease, ...
University Wire;  December 7, 2005 ;     575 words ... ... that is going on in the College of Life and Sciences to make Rhode Island safe against ticks and Lyme disease," Seeman said. Rhode Island has the second highest incident of Lyme disease, Seeman said. URI is using the money to inform students ...

Article: URI RESEARCHER: TICK ABUNDANCE RUNNING BELOW AVERAGE IN ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The University of Rhode Island issued the following ... Deer tick abundance in Rhode Island is running 22 percent ... Deer ticks transmit Lyme disease, babesiosis and anaplasmosis ... risk of contracting Lyme disease when compared to other ...

Article: Report: Lyme disease is on the rise.
ED Nursing;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... and older, says McCoy. Lyme disease is caused by infected ticks ... reported annual incidence of Lyme disease are Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey ... Pennsylvania, says McCoy. Lyme disease is most commonly transmitted ...

Article: Landscaping Seen Key Against Lyme Disease
AP Online;  July 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... that translates into a lower risk of Lyme disease. In neighboring Rhode Island, which has the second-highest incidence of Lyme disease, University of Rhode Island researcher Thomas Mather is planning ...

Article: Hypersensitivity to ticks and lyme disease ...
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... the incidence of Lyme disease among residents of Block Island, Rhode Island. Of 1,498 study ... protects against Lyme disease. In particular ... Block Island, Rhode Island, who experienced ... fewer episodes of Lyme disease than those who ...

Article: More Lyme disease is reported in R.I.
The Boston Globe;  September 22, 1992 ;     322 words ...PROVIDENCE -- Nearly 200 cases of Lyme disease have been reported in Rhode Island this year, nearly double the number reported ... ticks infected with the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. The field mice that infect the ticks also ...

Article: Test vaccines found effective vs. Lyme disease.
The Boston Herald;  July 23, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... The only way to avoid Lyme disease was to avoid tick bites ... people in areas where Lyme disease is prevalent. The ... 12-month period. Lyme disease is especially prevalent ... coastal Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Nantucket ...