WSU researcher awarded $2.7M to study Lyme disease

WSU's Troy Bankhead will be working on identifying better means of treatment and prevention of Lyme disease, an infection often carried by ticks.
WSU College of Veterinary Medicine/Ted S. Warren

Ticks like the one shown above can spread Lyme disease among animals and humans.

by By Devin Rokyta, WSU College of Veterinary Medicine
| September 25, 2024 2:10 AM

PULLMAN — Washington State University researcher Troy Bankhead has been awarded nearly $2.7 million in grants to unlock the secrets of how the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, manages to evade its host’s immune system and establish a persistent infection.

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