Lyme Disease
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, CDC. The first MMWR report concerning Lyme disease, its reported locations, and suspected vectors.
Posts Tagged ‘Connecticut’
State of Connecticut, Public Hearings in Re: Lyme Disease, 2004
Hartford, CT. Transcript of 2004 State of Connecticut Health Department public hearings with the objectives to “to eliminate the common use of excessively restrictive Federal reporting criteria to diagnose and treat Lyme Disease and, second, to correct the under-counting of Lyme disease…”
Agreement Ends Lyme Disease Investigation by Connecticut Attorney General
The Infectious Diseases Society’s press release press release on CT Attorney General Blumenthal ‘s investigation into the improprieties of the authors of the IDSA Lyme guidelines, which resulted in a settlement in which the guidelines will be reviewed by an impartial panel.
Attorney General: Attorney General’s Investigation Reveals Flawed Lyme Disease Guideline Process, IDSA Agrees to Reassess Guidelines, Install Independent Arbiter
A government press release on CT Attorney General Blumenthal ‘s investigation into the improprieties of the authors of the IDSA Lyme guidelines, which resulted in a settlement in which the guidelines will be reviewed by an impartial panel.
An Agreement Between the Attorney General of the State of Connecticut and the Infectious Diseases Society of America
This legal document outlines the agreement between the State of Connecticut and the IDSA concerning reviewing and revising the IDSA Lyme treatment guidelines.
Lyme Disease and Related Conditions – Board Review
Yale University School of Medicine, slide presentation, no transcript. Schoen discusses epidemiology and over- and underreporting, especially in Connecticut and New York, describes clinical features of arthritis, and features of “non-Lyme” disease. Includes charts, images, maps.
Managing Urban Deer in Connecticut
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, second edition. The overpopulation of deer and its consequences are discussed, along with suggestions to reduce risk, such as the use of deterrants, deer resistant plants, Includes charts, images.
http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/wildlife/pdf_files/game/urbandeer07.pdf
Lyme Arthritis: An Epidemic of Oligoarticular Arthritis in Children and Adults in Three Connecticut Communities
Groundbreaking announcement about the discovery of an epidemic of arthritis in eastern Connecticut among 39 children and 12 adults. Abstract only.