Posts Tagged ‘Ixodes’

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

Tick Saliva Affects Both Proliferation and Distribution of Borrelia Burgdorferi Spirochetes in Mouse Organs and Increases Transmission of Spirochetes to Ticks

International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2009 (abstract only).  Mouse study showing that tick saliva makes the mice more susceptible to Lyme infection.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19147403

Disparity of Borrelia Burgdorferi Infection Rates

Journal of Infectious Diseases (abstract only), 1993.  This study reports on the differences in Borrelia infection between unengorged ticks gathered from vegetation and engorged ticks gathered from deer.

https://academic.oup.com/jid/article-abstract/167/5/1236/825948/Disparity-of-Borrelia-burgdorferi-Infection-Rates 

Borrelia Garinii in Seabird Ticks

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006.  The discovery of Borrelia garinii in puffin chicks off the Northeast coast raises questions about the possible introduction of this European species into North America.  Includes image, map, and tables.

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/12/06-0448_article

Increased Recognition of Powassan Encephalitis in the United States, 1999-2005

Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2008 (abstract only).  A report of 9 cases of tick-borne Powassan encephalitis in Maine and Canada.

http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/vbz.2008.0022

Duration of Tick Attachment and Borrelia Burgdorferi Transmission

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1986.  A hamster and mouse study of the length of time ticks needed to be attached to transmit Lyme disease. Includes table.

http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/reprint/25/3/557

Workshop to Consider Approaches to Reduce the Risk of Transfusion-Transmitted Babesiosis in the United States

2008.  Food and Drug Administration transcript of workshop proceedings that were part of a symposium on protecting the blood transfusion supply from pathogens.

http://www.fda.gov/cber/minutes/ttb091208t.pdf

Surveillance for Lyme Disease — United States, 1992-2006

2008.  Statistics report on the spread of Lyme disease throughout the United States, including incidences by sex, age, and symptoms.  Includes charts, maps, tables.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5710a1.htm?s_cid=ss5710a1_e

Transmission of Bartonella Henselae by Ixodes Ricinus

CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases.  Evidence that Bartonella bacteria can be spread by the Ixodes ricinus tick.  Includes chart, images.

http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/14/7/1074.htm

Fordham Tick Index

Fordham University, 2008.  The Tick Index gives an estimate of the risk of exposure to a bite from an Ixodes scapularis bite in Westchester County, NY, according to the time of year. Includes images.

http://www.fordham.edu