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. Arthropods that Transmit Disease. Ticks, mosquitoes, fleas and biting flies. Transmission usually by biting or ingestion. Infections. Bacterial. Ricketsia. . ricketsii. , . Borrelia. . burgdorferi. 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?. Lyme. Information. . Why the Fuss about Ticks?. Tick populations are exploding – there’s no place in Pennsylvania without deer ticks!. Ticks are hard to kill. “...we’ve learned that washing clothes in warm water and detergent doesn't kill all these ticks”. Arthropods that Transmit Disease. Ticks, mosquitoes, fleas and biting flies. Transmission usually by biting or ingestion. Infections. Bacterial. Ricketsia. . ricketsii. , . Borrelia. . burgdorferi. 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, . 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:. Lyme Disease. Babesiosis. Borrelia. . burgdorferi. Carried by blacklegged ticks. Lyme Disease. Most common places found for Lyme disease:. . -Virginia to Maine. . - Wisconsin and Minnesota. . - northern California. Lyme Disease. 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. 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. 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: 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: Block C. 2017-06-14. Basic Description . Lyme Disease is an infectious disease caused by Borrelia bacteria which is spread by ticks. The most common symptom of the disease is an expanding red area on the skin. This is known as erythema migrans, which develops around the tick bite.. in Simcoe Muskoka. Charles Gardner, MD, CCFP, . MHSc. , FRCPC. Medical Officer of Health. Colin Lee. , . MD, MSc, CCFP(EM), FRCPC . Associate Medical Officer of . Health . Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare - May 3, 2017.