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New look at vaccine to combat Lyme disease in France

Continuing research has published promising results in ‘antibody vaccine’ method

Lyme disease in France: Official advice on how to avoid a tick bite

Up to 20% of ticks in France are infected with Lyme. Here is the official advice on how to avoid a bite and infection

Lyme disease: How to minimise risk of ticks in your garden in France

There are a few key steps that homeowners and gardeners can take to reduce the risk of ticks and disease-spreading bites in rural areas

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MAP: See the areas of France that suffer most from ticks

Researchers have compiled data to work out where ticks are most likely to be in a bid to raise awareness of Lyme disease

Lyme disease: Number of people bitten by a tick rising in France

Not all ticks can cause the disease but we explain where Lyme is most common and how to prevent bites

Be aware: tick bites can cause Lyme disease, says survivor

Connexion reader Margaret Alderson, 76, says everyone should be aware of tick bites and how they can carry Lyme disease, which is extremely debilitating and often goes undiagnosed – as happened to her.

British-French skier’s three-year Lyme disease battle

Days are getting longer, spring is around the corner and we can look forward to country walks but, as The Connexion finds, something nasty might be in the long grass

France warned to avoid ticks as warmer weather arrives

France is being warned about how to avoid tick bites, as the insects have been spotted spreading across the country already due to a mild few weeks and rising temperatures.

French doctors told to ‘take tick bites seriously’

France's top health agency, the Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS), has recognised that serious forms of Lyme disease from tick bites must be treated even if officially undiagnosed as patients otherwise face severely debilitating health effects.

French authorities warn against ticks

Health authorities issue alert as summer approaches - prompting an explosion in the tick population

Legal action over Lyme disease

Disease is transmitted by ticks

Hope for patients in Lyme disease ordeal

FRANCE is to launch a national health campaign against Lyme disease, a bacterial infection caused by tick bites that can be treated easily if diagnosed early but which is often undiagnosed, leading to years of illness with nerve and heart problems.

Lyme disease

New look at vaccine to combat Lyme disease in France

Lyme disease in France: Official advice on how to avoid a tick bite

Lyme disease: How to minimise risk of ticks in your garden in France

MAP: See the areas of France that suffer most from ticks

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