Watch the latest video from the UKHSA: The UK’s battle against invasive ticks and mosquitoes (youtube.com) It includes filming with scientists who are working on ticks and mosquitoes, both outside and in the laboratory. There is a discussion of the impacts of climate change and how we are altering the environment via green urban pathways […]
more...LDA was invited by the Dartmoor Hill Farm Project to an event they organised at the end of July to brief farmers about the risk of tick-borne diseases. Most of the event was about the devastating tick-borne illnesses in livestock, with which all farmers are unfortunately familiar. Whether GPs in the area were familiar with […]
more...LDA was formed in 2003 – 20 years ago 20 years ago neither the Department of Health nor the Lyme Reference Laboratory would talk to us. Now they do. 20 years ago there were no uncertainties in Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment. Now these are recognised by many. 20 years ago researchers wouldn’t work with […]
more...We were able to send 3 people to Inverness at the end of May 2023 to attend the NorthTick 2023 conference. Before you attend a conference you get a delegate pack with details of speakers and the abstracts of the talks, so you know more or less what is going to be said. You might […]
more...It looks so to us! To highlight the differences we took a poster to the NorthTick 2023 conference held in Inverness on May 30-31st. From what our ticks carry to how UK patients are diagnosed and treated – there are many differences. And it matters. We shall be having discussions with people over the next […]
more...Not all research is useful. Sometimes it duplicates what has already been done. Sometimes the patients studied are too small a group – a study of 100 people might not generate enough data for people to believe the results. But ten studies of 100 people – that’s much better! But only if the data from […]
more...If you go up to the Moor today You may not come home alone, If you’ve been up to the Moor today You’d better check skin and bone, Cos every tick that ever there was Is gathered there for no good because These days are the days the Ticks Are having their picnics. Picnic time […]
more...We reported probable cases of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBE) back in 2019, but now it is clear that TBE is definitely in the UK. Encephalitis is inflammation of the brain, but the virus doesn’t always cause this – some cases can be mild and some people don’t even notice symptoms. Two new cases have now […]
more...We would like to thank all of you who have supported, and indeed enabled, our work, through your efforts and your donations. We have some useful projects shaping up for 2023 and we shall be seeking your input and participation on those. We hope you and your families have a lovely Christmas. You might like […]
more...As Lucy reported back in our October webinar, after her attendance at the ICLB conference, researchers were talking about a number of advances, but also areas where we need to be progressing. And that’s without going into ticks and their interaction with their hosts and the environment; Borrelia and the interactions with ticks; and then […]
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