Archive for the ‘table’ Category

Accelerated Transmission of Lyme Disease Spirochetes by Partially Fed Vector Ticks

Harvard School of Public Health (1993). This experiment demonstrates that partially-fed ticks will feed again, and that the Lyme bacteria inside them, having already migrated to the mouth parts of the tick, can transmit Lyme disease more rapidly during the second feeding. Includes tables.

http://jcm.asm.org/content/31/11/2878.long

Borrelia miyamotoi Infection in Nature and in Humans

Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2015. An overview of Borrelia miyamotoi infection in humans, where it can be found and how it is transmitted, including through the bite of a larval tick. Includes chart, images, map, table.

http://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(15)00294-3/fulltext 

Health Care Costs, Utilization and Patterns of Care following Lyme Disease

PLoS One, 2015. A study that examines the health care costs and increased healthcare visits of people with Lyme disease. Includes charts, tables.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0116767 

Borrelia burgdorferi, the Causative Agent of Lyme disease, Forms Drug-Tolerant Persister Cells

Antimibrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2015. A Northeastern University and Tufts Medical Center study that found that Borrelia burgdorferi can generate persister cells that can survive antibiotics and continue to cause illness after treatment. Includes charts, tables.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4505243/ 

The Lyme disease Pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi Infects Murine Bone and Induces Trabecular Bone Loss

Infection and Immunity, 2017. Bone density of the inner bone matrix has been found to be compromised by Borrelia burgdorferi in mice, through the destruction of osteoblasts. Includes charts, images, tables.

http://iai.asm.org/content/early/2016/12/08/IAI.00781-16.full.pdf+html 

Evidence Assessments and Guideline Recommendations in Lyme disease: the Clinical Management of Known Tick Bites, erythema migrans Rashes and Persistent Disease

Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 2014. Clinical guidelines for the treatment of Lyme disease, developed by the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS). Includes tables.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1586/14787210.2014.940900

The Musculoskeletal Abnormalities of the Similaun Iceman (“ÖTZI”): Clues to Chronic Pain and Possible Treatments

Inflammopharmacology, 2013. An examination of Otzi, the Ice Age body of a hunter inflicted with Lyme disease, notes the presence of several non-decorative tattoos at body sites where he most likely had pain. Includes illustrations, images, tables.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3560943/

Human Lyme Neuroborreliosis

Nova Science Publishers, 2015. Dr. David S. Younger of the Department of Neurology at New York University (NYU) examines the incidence, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease of the nervous system. Includes images charts, illustrations, images, and tables.

http://davidsyounger.com/_publications/books/HumanLymeNeuroborreliosis/#p=1 

Human Pathogens Associated with the Blacklegged Tick Ixodes scapularis: a Systematic Review

Parasites & Vectors, 2016. A review of the literature pointed out studies on 16 distinct tick-borne pathogens, including species of Anaplasma, Babesia, Bartonella, Borrelia, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia, Theileria and Flavivirus. Includes charts, maps, tables.

https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-016-1529-y 

Artemisinin and its Derivatives in Treating Protozoan Infections beyond Malaria

Pharmacological Research, 2016 (abstract only). A review of the literature on the action of Artemisinin, derived from Artemisia, as an effective treatment of various infectious protozoa, including Babesia microti. Includes chart, tables.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043661816306715