PPT-Evaluation of Human Lyme Disease Surveillance in Maine, 2008 – 2010

Megan Saunders 12 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 vectorborne disease in the United States and the third most commonly reported infectious disease in Maine. 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 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?. 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. . 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. 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. Maine Center for Disease Control . and Prevention. Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. …Ticks. Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. * What do ticks look like?. * Are all ticks the same?. Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. 2016-2017. Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. …. Ticks. Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. * What . do ticks look like?. 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. 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 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.. 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 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.