PPT-Ticks & Lyme Disease

Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases 1 PPT08101 Bureau of Workers Compensation PA Training for Health amp Safety PATHS Topics Introduction to Problem Types Life Cycle. Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. 2015-2016. Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. …. Ticks. Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. * What . do ticks look like?. Arthropods that Transmit Disease. Ticks, mosquitoes, fleas and biting flies. Transmission usually by biting or ingestion. Infections. Bacterial. Ricketsia. . ricketsii. , . Borrelia. . burgdorferi. 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.. Katharine Walter is a graduate student in the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at Yale University.. A deer tick resting on a blade of grass.. Immature deer ticks are called questing nymphs. They now inhabit a wide swath of North American forests, but they didn’t always. During early summer, their quest is for blood. The season now starts earlier and lasts longer than it did in the past, which is good for the ticks. But it’s bad for humans, because these ticks carry the bacteria, viruses, and parasites that cause Lyme disease, . 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. . John N. Aucott, M.D.. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine. Johns Hopkins Hospital. Lyme Disease Research Foundation. Park Medical, L.L.C.. 10755 Falls Road, Suite 200. Lutherville, MD. www.LymeMD.org. 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. Risk . . Susan Swinson-Williams . GEOG 596A Capstone Proposal. Penn State MGIS . Program. Advisor. : Dr. Justine Blanford. Agenda. Overview. What is Lyme disease?. Lyme in Texas. Objectives. Methods. Ridgefield Health Department Ridgefield, CT 06877 Blastlyme.org Which tick-borne diseases should we be concerned about? Several diseases can be acquired from the bite of an infected blacklegged (deer) tick: Don’t Let the Ticks Bite! Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-2016 Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention … Ticks Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention * What . burgdorferi. . sensu. . stricto. . Borrelia. . garinii. . Borrelia. . afzelii. . Life cycle of ticks. Life cycle of ticks. Two adult deer ticks. Ticks are pretty small…. Stage one (early infection. the Beginning of an Uptick Related to Global Climate Change. Serum:. WBC count 6.4 x 10. 3. /mL. C-reactive protein <1.0 mg/mL. HIV p24 antigen and HIV 1+2 antibody screening negative . Treponemal antibody negative. 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.