Tick-borne Disease

Recent News

Aug 19, 2013

CDC estimates Lyme disease hits 300,000 each year

The CDC estimates the nation's Lyme disease burden at about 300,000 cases per year, far more than are actually reported.

Jul 22, 2013

Researchers trace novel Heartland virus to Missouri ticks

A new virus that infected two Missouri men in 2009 was confirmed in lone star ticks in the area.

Jul 16, 2013

News Scan for Jul 16, 2013

Produce safety rule outreach
Possible hantavirus drug
Tick-borne Powassan virus
Jul 08, 2013

News Scan for Jul 08, 2013

Chinese H7N9 public response
New Codex produce safety standards
Cyclospora outbreak in Iowa, Nebraska
Tick-borne virus in South Korea
Jul 03, 2013

News Scan for Jul 03, 2013

Poultry-related Salmonella
Botulism from fermented tofu
New tick-borne disease
Jun 03, 2013

News Scan for Jun 03, 2013

Poliovirus in Israeli sewage
Tickborne disease in Korea
Measles in Pakistan

Resources & Literature

Recent Literature

Bridget M, Kuehn MSJ. Emerging tick-borne diseases expand range along with rebounding deer populations. JAMA 2013 Jan 9;309(2):124-5

Dupuis AP, Peters RJ, Prusinski MA, et al. Isolation of deer tick virus (Powassan virus, lineage II) from Ixodes scapularis and detection of antibody in vertebrate hosts sampled in the Hudson Valley, New York State. Parasit Vectors 2013 Jul 15;6:185

Fowler A, Forsman L, Eriksson M, et al. Tick-borne encephalitis carries a high risk of incomplete recovery in children. J Pediatr 2013 Aug;163(2):555-60

Klempner MS, Baker PJ, Shapiro ED, et al. Treatment trials for post-Lyme disease symptoms revisited. Am J Med 2013 Aug;126(8):665-9

Moran-Gilad J, Levine H, Schwartz E, et al. Postexposure prophylaxis of tick-borne relapsing fever: lessons learned from recent outbreaks in Israel.  Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2013 (published online Oct 9)

Ogrinc K, Lotric-Furlan S, Maraspin V, et al. Suspected early Lyme neuroborreliosis in patients with erythema migrans. Clin Infect Dis 2013 Aug 15;57(4):501-9

Overstreet ML. Tick bites and lyme disease: the need for timely treatment. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 2013 Jun;25(2):165-72

Savage HM, Godsey MS, Lambert A, et al. First detection of Heartland virus (Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus) from field collected arthropods. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013 (published online Jul 22)

Shah RG, Sood SK. Clinical approach to known and emerging tick-borne infections other than Lyme disease. Curr Opin Pediatr 2013 Jun;25(3):407-18

Sung S, Wurcel AG, Whittier S, et al. Powassan meningoencephalitis, New York City, USA. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Sep;19(9):1504-6

Wressnigg N, Pollabauer EM, Aichinger G, et al. Safety and immunogenicity of a novel multivalent OspA vaccine against Lyme borreliosis in healthy adults: a double-blind, randomized, dose-escalation phase 1/2 trial. Lancet Infect Dis 2013 Aug;13(8):680-9

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