Posts Tagged ‘Spielman’
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
Topics: Borrelia, borreliosis, burgdorferi, Ixodes, Lyme, scapularis, Shih, Spielman, tick, transmission
Posted in categories Off Site Article, science, table |
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
Topics: 1986, borreliosis, dammini, etiology, hamster, Ixodes, Lyme, Mather, mouse, Piesman, scapularis, Sinsky, Spielman, tick, transmission
Posted in categories journal, Off Site Article, science, table |
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
Topics: 2005, borreliosis, Burke, CDC, immune, Krause, Lyme, McKay, prevention, sensitivity, Spielman, Telford, tick, Wikel
Posted in categories chart, government, journal, medical, Off Site Article, table |
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
Topics: 2006, borreliosis, Burke, Christianson, Closter, epidemiology, Foley, Krause, Lyme, persistence, rash, relapse, Spielman
Posted in categories chart, journal, medical, Off Site Article, table |