Lyme disease: tick bites prompt too much testing and treatment
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Duration of tick bites in a Lyme disease-endemic area.
Regression equations, based on scutal index (body length/scutal width), were developed to determine the duration of attachment for nymphal and adult female lxodes scapularis ticks. Feeding times were calculated for 444 nymphal and 300 female ticks submitted by bite victims between 1985 and 1989 in Westchester County, New York, an area where Lyme disease is highly endemic. Nymphs were attached f...
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1Department of Paediatrics, Western University, London; 2Centre for Food Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 3National Microbiology Laboratory, National Public Health Laboratories, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba; 4Departments of Paediatrics and Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University and IWK Health ...
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In their recent article in CHEST (January 2014) on the treatment of acute asthma with albuterol, Lewis et al 1 show that high levels of lactate during such treatment are highly prevalent; in addition, high plasma albuterol concentration is signifi cantly correlated with hyperlactatemia. In a previous case involving a woman with asthma, we described lactic acidosis (pH 7.29) and a high level of ...
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BACKGROUND Lyme disease (LD) has become the most common vector borne illness in the Northern hemisphere. Prevention relies predominantly on fostering protective behaviors (e.g., avoiding tick areas, using protective clothing and repellent, and doing routine tick checks post-exposure). The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness (in terms of knowledge, perceived severity and su...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Weekly releases (1997–2007)
سال: 1998
ISSN: 9999-1233
DOI: 10.2807/esw.02.05.01266-en