PPT-Responding to Lyme Disease

in Simcoe Muskoka Charles Gardner MD CCFP MHSc FRCPC Medical Officer of Health Colin Lee MD MSc CCFPEM FRCPC Associate Medical Officer of Health Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare May 3 2017. ZN J Lyme disease is caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi and is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks Typical symptoms include fever headache fatigue and a characteristic skin rash called erythema migrans If Arthropods that Transmit Disease. Ticks, mosquitoes, fleas and biting flies. Transmission usually by biting or ingestion. Infections. Bacterial. Ricketsia. . ricketsii. , . Borrelia. . burgdorferi. Holly Ahern MS, MT(ASCP). Associate Professor of Microbiology. SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury, NY. ahernh@sunyacc.edu. Lyme Disease – A Tick-borne . Spirochetosis. ? . Lyme disease in humans was first described in 1977 as an “epidemic of arthritis” preceded by a rash. . Megan Saunders. 1,2 . MSPH, Sara Robinson. 2. MPH, Anne Sites. 2. MPH MCHES. 1. University of Southern Maine. 2. Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. BACKGROUND. Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in the United States and the third most commonly reported infectious disease in Maine.. Everything works sometimes. Eric Gordon MD. gordonmd@gordonmedical.com. Does chronic Lyme exist. Multiple animal models demonstrating . borrelia. despite previous antibiotic therapy. We see persistent . David Trump, MD, MPH, MPA. State Epidemiologist. Director, Office of Epidemiology. Virginia Department of Health. History of Lyme Disease. Illness first described in Lyme, CT in 1975. By 1977, the . Ixodes scapularis. PharmD. , BCACP, CGP. Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice. Husson University School of Pharmacy. Maine Pharmacy Association fall convention. September 12, 2015. Overview. Epidemiology. Disease Summary. Everything works sometimes. Eric Gordon MD. gordonmd@gordonmedical.com. Does chronic Lyme exist. Multiple animal models demonstrating . borrelia. despite previous antibiotic therapy. We see persistent . Lyme Disease Overview. Lyme disease (LD) is an infection caused . . by Borrelia burgdorfer – Bb.. Bb is a type of bacterium called a spirochete.. A spirochete is shaped like a cork screw.. Black Legged ticks. Thursday, March 17, 2016 by: Jonathan Landsman (NaturalNews) Although about 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported in the U.S. each year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledg Ticks and Tick Borne . Diseases. 1. PPT-081-01. Bureau of Workers’ Compensation . PA Training for Health & Safety (PATHS). Topics. Introduction to Problem. Types. Life Cycle. Indirekter (immunologischer) Nachweis einer . Borrelien. -Infektion. Serologische Labordiagnostik (Spezifische Antikörpertiter im Serum). Für die Diagnose einer . Lyme. -Borreliose fordern. die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie (DGHM). Forrester JD, Kugeler KJ, Perea AE, Pastula DM, Mead PS. No Geographic Correlation between Lyme Disease and Death Due to 4 Neurodegenerative Disorders, United States, 2001–2010. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015;21(11):2036-2039. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2111.150778. Helio. . Shimozako. Hsunyi. Hsieh. Luiz. Henrique Fonseca. Marina . Salles. Rosângela. . Sanches. Tharindu. . Wickramaarachchi. II Southern-Summer School on Mathematical Biology. Jan-27 2013. The Lyme Disease.