Posts Tagged ‘anaplasmosis’

Ick, a Tick! Forum

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 

Preventing Disease Spread by Ticks

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

U.S. Regional Map of Lyme Disease, Canine Ehrlichiosis, Heartworm, Anaplasma

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

Anaplasma Phagocytophilum Transmitted Through Blood Transfusion

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

Have We Finally Found an Effective Defense Against Lyme Disease?

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

Late and Chronic Lyme Disease: Symptom Overlap with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Fibromyalgia

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

Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Coxiella and Bartonella

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

Those Other Tick-Borne Diseases: Human Ehrlichioses and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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

Tick-Borne and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases

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

The Clinical Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

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