Tick-borne Disease

The condition is mainly linked to bites from the lone star tick, which are most common in the South and Midwest.

The vaccine candidate was safe and produced a strong but waning immune response against the six most common strains of the Borrelia burgdorferi.

The USDA has conditionally licensed an oral vaccine designed to limit the spread of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.

Trial supports shorter antibiotic course for Lyme symptoms

The results of a randomized clinical trial in Slovenia suggest that a 7-day course of antibiotics for a rash caused by Lyme disease is noninferior to a 14-day course, researchers reported yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Stewardship tied to reduced inappropriate antibiotics for asymptomatic urinary issues

A single-center study in North Carolina showed that a multifaceted initiative was associated with a significant and sustainable decrease in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB; bacteria in the urine) and asymptomatic pyuria (ASP; elevated white blood cells in the urine), researchers reported today in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epide

Non-restrictive stewardship intervention tied to less fluoroquinolone use

A non-restrictive antibiotic stewardship intervention was associated with reduced fluoroquinolone prescribing at two community hospitals in Los Angeles, researchers reported yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

Risk of COVID-related syndrome lower in kids after breakthrough Omicron

The risk of COVID-19–related multisystem inflammatory system in children (MIS-C) was significantly lower among vaccinated versus unvaccinated Danish children after infection with the Omicron variant rather than with previous strains, according to a research letter published yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics.

DRC announces third Ebola case in Equateur province outbreak

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported one more Ebola case in its latest outbreak in Equateur province in the country's northwest, raising the total to three, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office.

Babies born with Zika at greater risk of dying than those without

Mortality rates among children born with congenital Zika syndrome up to 3 years of age were more than 11 times higher than those without Zika, researchers reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Fully vaccinated people with immune dysfunction at higher risk of breakthrough COVID

Full vaccination against COVID-19 was associated with reduced risk of breakthrough infection, but risk of breakthrough infection was much higher among fully vaccinated people with immune dysfunction than those without, US researchers reported today in JAMA Internal Medicine.