Drs. Sam Telford, Linden Hu and Tanja Petnicki-Ocwieja received new grants from NIH and the Global Lyme Alliance to study Lyme disease. The three grants will study the development of new antibiotics to eradicate Lyme disease in the wild; the role of human genetic mutations in persistent inflammation in Lyme disease; and the role of ozone in management of Lyme disease.  

Students, post-doctoral fellows, faculty and staff from Tufts University join together to try to solve the problem of Lyme disease with innovative approaches

GRAFTON, Mass. — A lengthy shutdown of much the state’s economy and activities left most of us with one choice for most of the spring, go outdoors

Volunteers are needed to participate in the Xenodiagnosis After Antibiotic Treatment for Lyme Disease clinical trial, which is sponsored by NIAID. See some of the procedures involved and meet some of the participants in this video.

I recently delivered to Tufts University’s world-renowned infectious disease authority, Dr. Sam Telford III, all of the ticks that our bird-0banding team removed from migratory songbirds mist-netted at our Auburn Sportsman’s Club Research Station this past spring.