Bobbi S. Pritt, MD, MSc, FCAP, is a Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and the Chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic. She received her medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine, followed by a residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. She then completed a fellowship in Medical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, and joined the staff to direct the Clinical Parasitology laboratory. Dr. Pritt serves on the Board of Governors for the College of American Pathologists (CAP), and chairs the Council on Scientific Affairs and the Information Technology Leadership Committee. She previously served as the Chair of the CAP Microbiology Committee during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through her various roles, she has led efforts to provide testing options and associated quality assurance tools for numerous seasonal, established, and emerging pathogens.
Dr. Pritt can speak on clinical microbiology, infectious disease, vector-borne diseases, COVID-19 testing, monkeypox, COVID-19, and flu.
Dr. Bobbi Pritt explains which repellants are worth your money, and the most effective way to remove a tick to avoid diseases.
According to a new CDC report, alpha-gal syndrome—a red meat allergy that's kickstarted by a tick bite—is on the rise. A majority of these cases take place in states where the lone star tick resides, primarily the southern, midwestern, and mid-Atlantic regions of the US.
A Mayo Clinic expert shares steps to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes and how to protect against malaria and other vector-borne diseases.
Malaria is caused by parasites in the genus Plasmodium that are usually injected into people through the bite of a mosquito.