We used insurance administrative claims data to determine the value of such data in enhancing case ascertainment in Tennessee during January 2011-June 2013. Although we identified ≈20% more cases of Lyme disease (5/year), the method was resource intensive and not sustainable in this low-...
These larval black-legged ticks, about two months old, were photographed in leaf litter in eastern Tennessee. Credit: Graham Hickling, University of Tennessee The ticks that transmit Lyme disease to people die of dehydration when exposed to a combination of high temperature and lowered humidity, a...
John Dunn , Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN William Schaffner , Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashvilee, TN Tim F. Jones , Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN Audio File Recorded Presentation See more of: Infectious Disease I See more of: Breakout Session...
While historically associated with the Rocky Mountain region, RMSF cases have been reported throughout the contiguous U.S., with more than 60% of reported RMSF cases occurring in five states (North Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri). In recent years, the disease’s range ha...
Tennessee and Virginia also saw disturbing increases in Lyme disease cases, according to Quest Diagnostics. Tick bites that infect victims with the bacteria that causes Lyme typically leave a bulls-eye shaped rash at the infection site. Other symptoms include joint pain, weakness in the limbs, and...
The genus Ixodes includes multiple species of medical and veterinary importance, most notably serving as vectors of Lyme borreliosis in North America, Europe and Asia. Lyme disease is the most prevalent vector-borne disease in the northern hemisphere1. In the USA, 22,014 confirmed human cases ...
agency, The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), in collaboration with, among others, the Swedish Public Health Agency, has been able to show how the resistant bacteria that carryESBL-CARBA(Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase with Carbapenemase Activity,a substance found in some ...
new review of three decades' worth of research, however, concludes otherwise: While lone star ticks are guilty of transmitting bacteria that cause several human illnesses, the scientific evidence says Lyme disease is not one of them. Credit: Graham J. Hickling, Ph.D., University of Tennessee ...
It totally makes sense if you immediately think of Lyme disease while you’re doing a tick check or even remotely thinking about ticks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that there are around 300,000 diagnosed cases of Lyme disease each year in the United States,...
Lyme disease (LD) is widely distributed throughout temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere1 but lacks a reliable point-of-care (POC) diagnostic test. Its prevalence is high and increasing. Newly diagnosed cases have doubled in the United States over the last decade2. The number of probable...