A comparison of methods for sampling the deer tick,Ixodes dammini, in a Lyme disease endemic area

1992 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard C. Falco ◽  
Durland Fish
Keyword(s):  
Lyme Disease ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Comparison Of Methods

scholarly journals Monitoring of Nesting Songbirds Detects Established Population of Blacklegged Ticks and Associated Lyme Disease Endemic Area in Canada

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Scott ◽  
Emily L. Pascoe ◽  
Muhammad S. Sajid ◽  
Janet E. Foley
Keyword(s):  
Lyme Disease ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Ixodes Scapularis ◽  
Borrelia Burgdorferi Sensu Lato ◽  
Blacklegged Tick ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Flab Gene ◽  
Local Healthcare ◽  
Established Population

This study provides a novel method of documenting established populations of bird-feeding ticks. Single populations of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, and the rabbit tick, Haemaphysalis leporispalustris, were revealed in southwestern Québec, Canada. Blacklegged tick nymphs and, similarly, larval and nymphal rabbit ticks were tested for the Lyme disease bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl), using PCR and the flagellin (flaB) gene, and 14 (42%) of 33 of blacklegged tick nymphs tested were positive. In contrast, larval and nymphal H. leporsipalustris ticks were negative for Bbsl. The occurrence of Bbsl in I. scapularis nymphs brings to light the presence of a Lyme disease endemic area at this songbird nesting locality. Because our findings denote that this area is a Lyme disease endemic area, and I. scapularis is a human-biting tick, local residents and outdoor workers must take preventive measures to avoid tick bites. Furthermore, local healthcare practitioners must include Lyme disease in their differential diagnosis.

Epidemiological and Aetiological Evidence for Transmission of Lyme Disease by Adult Ixodes persulcatus in an Endemic Area in China

1990 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 1061-1065 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHENGXU AI ◽  
RENJIE HU ◽  
KERWIN E. HYLAND ◽  
YUXIN WEN ◽  
YONGGUO ZHANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lyme Disease ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Ixodes Persulcatus

Lyme disease and laboratory diagnostics: Comparison of methods

2019 ◽  
Vol 493 ◽  
pp. S553
Author(s):  
N. Milanović ◽  
T. Stojaković ◽  
N. Tačević ◽  
A. Mihajlov
Keyword(s):  
Lyme Disease ◽  
Laboratory Diagnostics ◽  
Comparison Of Methods

Increase in Abundance of Immature Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in an Emergent Lyme Disease Endemic Area

1995 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 522-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard C. Falco ◽  
Thomas J. Daniels ◽  
Durland Fish
Keyword(s):  
Lyme Disease ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Ixodes Scapularis

scholarly journals Duration of Tick Bites in a Lyme Disease-endemic Area

1996 ◽  
Vol 143 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. Falco ◽  
D. Fish ◽  
J. Piesman
Keyword(s):  
Lyme Disease ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Tick Bites

A Prospective Study of Tick Bites in an Endemic Area for Lyme Disease

1989 ◽  
Vol 159 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Costello ◽  
A. C. Steere ◽  
R. E. Pinkerton ◽  
H. M. Feder
Keyword(s):  
Lyme Disease ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Tick Bites ◽  
A Prospective Study

Physician Beliefs, Attitudes, and Approaches Toward Lyme Disease in an Endemic Area

1994 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen C. Eppes ◽  
Joel D. Klein ◽  
Gregory M. Caputo ◽  
Carlos D. Rose
Keyword(s):  
Lyme Disease ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Physician Beliefs

Comparative evaluation of three different ELISA methods for the diagnosis of early culture-confirmed Lyme disease in Italy

2005 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonella Marangoni ◽  
Monica Sparacino ◽  
Francesca Cavrini ◽  
Elisa Storni ◽  
Valeria Mondardini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Lyme Disease ◽  
Borrelia Burgdorferi ◽  
False Positive ◽  
Comparative Evaluation ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Erythema Migrans ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Positive Reactivity

In this study the raising and development of the immune response to Borrelia burgdorferi infection in 45 Italian patients suffering from culture-confirmed Lyme borreliosis erythema migrans was investigated. A total of 95 serially collected serum samples were tested by using three different commercial ELISAs: recomWell Borrelia (Mikrogen), Enzygnost Borreliosis (DADE Behring) and Quick ELISA C6 Borrelia (Immunetics). The sensitivities of the ELISAs were as follows: Enzygnost Borreliosis IgM, 70.5 %; Quick ELISA C6 Borrelia, 62.1 %; recomWell Borrelia IgM, 55.7 %; recomWell Borrelia IgG, 57.9 %; and Enzygnost Borreliosis IgG, 36.8 %. In order to compare the specificity values of the three ELISAs, a panel of sera obtained from blood donors (210 samples coming from a non-endemic area and 24 samples from an endemic area) was tested, as well as sera from patients suffering from some of the most common biological conditions that could result in false-positive reactivity in Lyme disease serology (n = 40). RecomWell Borrelia IgG and recomWell Borrelia IgM were the most specific (97.1 % and 98.9 %, respectively), followed by Quick ELISA C6 Borrelia (96.7 %). Enzygnost Borreliosis IgG and IgM achieved 90.1 % and 92.3 % specificity, respectively. Sera that gave discrepant results when tested by the three ELISAs were further analysed by Western blotting.

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