Clinical trials: Tick Resistance
Tick Bites, Tick Resistance
Acquired Tick Resistance in Naturally Exposed Participants
Tick-borne diseases are increasing worldwide, and there are currently few effective ways to prevent them. One promising new strategy is to develop a vaccine that targets the tick itself ("anti-tick vaccine") to block the…
- Trial name
- TICK REACT (NCT07479537)
- Testing
- Tick challenge
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Tick-borne Diseases, Tick Resistance
Human Immune Response to Ixodes Scapularis Tick Bites
Background: Each year, the number of cases of tick-borne diseases increases. The deer tick (Ixodes scapularis) is the vector of at least 7 pathogens that cause human diseases, including Lyme disease.
- Conditions
- Tick-borne Diseases, Tick Resistance, Lyme Disease
- Trial name
- NCT05036707
- Testing
- Xenodiagnosis Ticks, skin biopsy, blood draw
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)