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REALITY BITES: DEER TICK CRAWLS INTO REGION LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS TRACKING INCREASE IN LYME DISEASEEun Lee Koh, Globe Staff Correspondent
or other small mammals by ticks contaminated withBorrelia burgdorferi. It is the most common infection caused by tick bites in the U.S.; so named for the Connecticut town where the disease was first documented and studied.
includingIxodes scapularisandAmblyomma americanum. Orally administering a systemic acaricide to white-tailed deer has the potential to reduce tick reproduction, abundance and pathogen-infected tick bites. Prior studies have demonstrated considerable efficacy of a low-dose fipronil mouse...
If a deer tick bites a hunter or any other human that is carrying Lyme disease, the side effects can be devastating, and in rare cases, even cause death when untreated. There's a New Parasite Affecting Deer In The Great Lakes Region ...
The management of Ixodes scapularis [deer tick] bites in the upper Midwest – Source: Wisconsin Medical Journal, April 2011AprilClick Here
Protect Your Dog from Deer Tick Bites That Cause Lyme Disease
A controlled trial of antimicrobial prophylaxis for lyme disease after deer-tick bites: E.D. Shapiro et al. N. Engl. J. Med. 327, 1769–1773a controlled trial of antimicrobial prophylaxis for lyme disease after deer-tick bites: e.d. shapiro et al. n. engl. j. med. 327, 1769–1773...
A controlled trial of antimi- crobial prophylaxis for Lyme disease after deer-tick bites. N Engl J Med 1992; 327:1769 - 73.Shapiro ED, Gerber MA, Holabird NB, et al. A controlled trial of anti- microbial prophylaxis for Lyme disease after deer-tick bites. N Engl J Med. 1992;327:...
A tick-borne bacterium, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, was found in almost 1/3 of the tested deer keds. Because of host association patterns of defined A. phagocytophilum strains, these are most likely not pathogenic to humans. No other pathogens tested were identified. These results suggest that the...