The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis: an increasing public health concern

RJ Eisen, L Eisen - Trends in parasitology, 2018 - cell.com
In the United States, the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is a vector of seven human
pathogens, including those causing Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Borrelia …

Lyme borreliosis–from tick bite to diagnosis and treatment

G Stanek, F Strle - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Lyme borreliosis is caused by certain genospecies of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato
complex, which are transmitted by hard ticks of the genus Ixodes. The most common clinical …

Clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and American College of Rheumatology …

PM Lantos, J Rumbaugh… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
This evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
of Lyme disease was developed by a multidisciplinary panel representing the Infectious …

Lyme borreliosis

G Stanek, GP Wormser, J Gray, F Strle - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Lyme borreliosis (Lyme disease) is caused by spirochaetes of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu
lato species complex, which are transmitted by ticks. The most common clinical …

Lyme borreliosis: diagnosis and management

BJ Kullberg, HD Vrijmoeth, F van de Schoor… - Bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Lyme borreliosis is the most common vectorborne disease in the northern hemisphere. It
usually begins with erythema migrans; early disseminated infection particularly causes …

Evidence assessments and guideline recommendations in Lyme disease: the clinical management of known tick bites, erythema migrans rashes and persistent …

DJ Cameron, LB Johnson… - Expert review of anti …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Evidence-based guidelines for the management of patients with Lyme disease were
developed by the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS). The …

Behavioral risk factors associated with reported tick exposure in a Lyme disease high incidence region in Canada

C Aenishaenslin, K Charland, N Bowser… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Tick-borne diseases, and especially Lyme Disease (LD), are on the rise in
Canada and have been met with increasing public health concern. To face these emerging …

Predicting the risk of Lyme borreliosis after a tick bite, using a structural equation model

A Hofhuis, J van de Kassteele, H Sprong… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Understanding and quantification of the risk of Lyme borreliosis after a tick bite
can aid development of prevention strategies against Lyme borreliosis. Methods We used …

The effectiveness of public health interventions to reduce the health impact of climate change: a systematic review of systematic reviews

M Bouzid, L Hooper, PR Hunter - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Climate change is likely to be one of the most important threats to public health
in the coming years. Yet despite the large number of papers considering the health impact of …

Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme Disease)

ED Shapiro - Pediatrics in review, 2014 - publications.aap.org
Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. In the United
States, the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (hereafter termed B burgdorferi) is …