Posts Tagged ‘anaplasmosis’
Nahant Public Library, 2017. A forum on tick-borne diseases held at Nahant, MA Town Hall on April 23, 2017. Speakers included Catherine Brown, DVM, Massachusetts Department of Public Health; Samuel Donta, MD, Infectious Diseases Society of America; Margot Malachowski, MLS, National Library of Medicine; and Lawrence Dapsis, MS, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, with additional input from Nahant Health Agent John Coulon and psychologist Sheila Statlender. Part of a larger STOP LYME initiative, the project was funded by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Cooperative Agreement Number UG4LM012347 with the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9y8UekZL4M
Topics: 2017, anaplasma, anaplasmosis, Babesia, babesiosis, borreliosis, Brown, chart, Dapsis, Donta, epidemiology, etiology, Hawkes, illustration, image, Lyme, Malachowski, Massachusetts, miyamotoi, overview, RMSF, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, slide presentation, tularemia, video
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Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2015. Plain language information on personal and property protection from ticks and the diseases they carry. Includes images.
http://files.hria.org/files/TM3911.pdf
Topics: 2015, anaplasma, anaplasmosis, Babesia, babesiosis, Borrelia, borreliosis, Lyme, overview, prevention, repellent, RMSF, tick, tularemia
Posted in categories brochure, government, guidelines, image, Off Site Article |
IDEXX, 2012. Interactive maps of the reported incidences of canine Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, anaplasma and heartworm. Dog cases can act as sentinels for human risk. Includes maps.
http://www.dogsandticks.com/diseases_in_your_area.php
Topics: 2012, anaplasma, anaplasmosis, borreliosis, dog, Ehrlichia, ehrlichiosis, epidemiology, IDEXX, Lyme, tick
Posted in categories map, Off Site Article |
2008. CDC case study of a patient who contracted an anaplasma infection through a blood transfusion.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5742a1.htm?s_cid=mm5742a1_e
Topics: 2008, anaplasma, anaplasmosis, blood, CDC, epidemiology, phagocytophilum, symptom, transfusion, transmission
Posted in categories government, news, Off Site Article, science |
Discover Magazine. Report on a study by the CDC Vector-Borne Laboratory showing the increased effectiveness of using long-acting doxycycline to prevent infection as compared to a single short-acting dose.
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jul/09-have-we-finally-found-an-effective-defense-against-lyme-disease
Topics: 2008, anaplasmosis, antibiotics, borreliosis, doxycycline, Lyme, prevention, Weintraub, Wormser, Zeidner
Posted in categories magazine, Off Site Article |
Boston Medical Center. In this review of Lyme diagnosis and treatment, the author looks at the symptomology of Lyme disease, including persistent and chronic disease presentations, and co-infections such as anaplasma.
http://www.immunesupport.com/library/showarticle.cfm/ID/3579
Topics: 2002, anaplasmosis, antibiotics, borreliosis, chronic, coinfection, Donta, ELISA, IV, Lyme, overview, PCR, persistence, rash, symptom, treatment, western blot
Posted in categories Off Site Article, review, webpage |
Medical Microbiology, 3rd Ed., Chapter 21, an overview of rickettsia, orientia, ehrichia, anaplasma, coxiella, and bartonella, in regards to epidemiology, pathology, symptoms, and treatment. Includes charts, images, maps, and tables.
http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mayer/ricketsia.htm
Topics: 2007, anaplasmosis, antibiotics, Bartonella, bartonellosis, coxiella, Ehrlichia, epidemiology, Murray, orientia, rickettsia, symptom, treatment
Posted in categories book, chart, image, map, Off Site Article, table |
Rawlings summarizes Paddock, 13th International Scientific Conference on Lyme Disease and other Tick-borne Disorders, 2000. Christopher Paddock of the CDC’s Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, examining the incidence of ehrlichiosis.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/412979
Topics: 2000, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, epidemiology, Paddock, Rawlings, RMSF, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, symptom, treatment
Posted in categories lecture, medical, Off Site Article, summary |
Intro to the 14th International Scientific Conference on Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Disorders, putting tick-borne diseases in the context of coinfections and other emerging diseases. Article was used as part of continuing medical education credits.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/418438
Topics: 2001, anaplasmosis, bartonellosis, borreliosis, ehrlichiosis, Fallon, Lyme, Mocharnuk
Posted in categories lecture, medical, Off Site Article, science |
Infectious Diseases Society of America. Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease and coinfections. Includes tables and images.
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/508667
Topics: 2006, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Bakken, Bockenstedt, borreliosis, chronic, Dattwyler, diagnosis, Dummler, Fish, guidelines, Halperin, IDSA, Klempner, Krause, Lyme, Nadelman, neuroborreliosis, Shapiro, Stanek, Steere, Strle, symptom, treatment, Wormser
Posted in categories image, journal, medical, Off Site Article, table |