Posts Tagged ‘Spielman’

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

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

Hypersensitivity to Ticks and Lyme Disease Risk

Emerging Infectious Diseases, CDC, 2005. A study of over 1,000 Block Island residents suggests that repeatedly-bitten hosts may become sensitive to tick bites with repeated exposures, and the inflammatory response might both alert the person to remove a tick promptly and provide protection from tick-borne infection.  Includes charts, table.

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/1/04-0303_article 

Reinfection and Relapse in Early Lyme Disease

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2006. A study of 40 patients from Block Island reporting a relapse postulates that the patients in fact had a new infection, not persisting symptoms of a previous infection. Includes chart, tables.

http://www.ajtmh.org/cgi/reprint/75/6/1090