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Transmitted by ticks, flaviviruses like Kyasanur Forest disease virus (KFBV) and its close relative Alkhurma haemorrhagic fever virus (AHFV) are emerging threats for global health. With a small but growing number of cases, and an expanding range in India and the Middle East respectively, these viruses can cause fatal haemorrhagic fevers, but remain relatively-poorly understood. Typical laboratory animals like mice can be infected with both viruses, but the diseases often manifest very differently compared to human patients. Among primates, rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), are largely protected by a protein hindering viral replication, but pigtailed-macaques (Macaca nemestrina) are not. Infecting them with KFBV or AHFV triggers symptoms more consistent with those of humans, with virus particles found in the gut and lymph system (pictured are KFBV particles, in red, in a lymph node). As a model system, this species could help us better understand these viruses, and potentially develop future vaccines.

Written by Emmanuelle Briolat

Image from work by Rebecca M. Broeckel and colleagues

Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, USA

Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Research published in PLOS Pathogens, December 2021

A recently documented medical case in the United States has drawn national attention after researchers confirmed the first known fatality directly linked to alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne allergy to red meat that can trigger severe and delayed anaphylactic reactions. The case involves a 47-year-old man from New Jersey who died in 2024, hours after eating a hamburger at a family barbecue.…

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The United Kingdom should been noticing a rise in tick-borne diseases as the nation has been seeing major concerns for the Lyme disease that is causing major concerns in the people of the nation. There is a new tick-borne disease on the rise and it has raised many eyebrows as it leads to some really freaky consequences and even can prove to be somewhat fatal.

The United Kingdom is currently worried and plagued by small parasitic bugs that have been rising in numbers and concerning the doctors. However, the risk is quite low for the general public as of now but there could be major outbreaks if not paid heed to the rising issue. These ticks are very easy to catch as they can latch onto you while you walk. They go pretty unnoticed due to their microscopic size. These ticks are easy to propagate and spread very easily. tick-borne encephalitis is on the rise after the tick-borne Lyme disease has been seeing an uproar in the United Kingdom. This disease can affect the brain and central nervous system and can prove to be fatal to many people that contract this disease, the number of people affected by this are very less but it can spread very quickly to the common masses. There is a private vaccine available for this disease.