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What is the real number of Lyme disease cases in Canada?

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Lyme disease is emerging in Canada due to expansion of the range of the tick vector Ixodes scapularis from the United States. National surveillance for human Lyme disease cases began in Canada in 2009.
N. H. Ogden, C. Bouchard, J. Badcock, M. A. Drebot, S. P. Elias, T. F. Hatchette, J. K. Koffi, P. A. Leighton, L. R. Lindsay, C. B. Lubelczyk, A. S. Peregrine, R. P. Smith, D. Webster   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Broad support for lethal control of wild deer among subscribers of nature organisations in England and Wales

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild deer populations are increasing across the northern hemisphere, posing challenges to the environment and people. Deer impacts can be managed using lethal and non‐lethal practices, but research suggests lethal control receives mixed support.
Elena Cini, Rebecca Spake, Louise McMillan, Amy Gresham, Graeme Shannon, Felix Eigenbrod, Christopher P. Nichols, Paul Orsi, Alastair I. Ward, Freya A. V. St John   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Susceptibility, likelihood to be diagnosed, worry and fear for contracting Lyme disease

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2017
Summary: Risk perception and psychological concerns are relevant for understanding how people view Lyme disease. This study investigates the four separate outcomes of susceptibility, likelihood to be diagnosed, worry, and fear for contracting Lyme ...
Joshua Fogel, Gurasees S. Chawla
doaj   +1 more source

Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in historic tick samples and its relevance to the white-tailed deer population in New Hampshire [PDF]

, 2018
The cases of Lyme disease in New Hampshire have increased over time. There are speculations that increasing number of Lyme disease cases in New Hampshire are due to environmental factors, such as warmer climate, white-footed mouse population, white ...
Rakasiwi, Tasya
core   +1 more source

Lyme Disease: Is It or Is It Not?

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2005
This past summer, Lyme disease was the topic of a Focus section in the Globe and Mail (1). In this section, the reporter described her experience of having physicians unable and then unwilling to diagnose her symptoms of "skin on fire, dizziness and chest pains, twitching muscles, and trouble keeping balance" as Lyme disease following a tick bite ...
Johnston, BL, Conly, JM
openaire   +3 more sources

‘Reservoir dogs’: The emerging zoonotic risk associated with European dog imports to the UK

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The movement of dogs from continental Europe to the UK poses a growing public health threat due to the associated risk of disease incursions. Current legislation is insufficient to address the risks and pre‐import control measures are focused only on rabies virus and the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. Methods We conducted
Poppy Simonson, Tapan Bhattacharyya, Michael A. Miles   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Probable late lyme disease: a variant manifestation of untreated Borrelia burgdorferi infection

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2012
Background Lyme disease, a bacterial infection with the tick-borne spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, can cause early and late manifestations. The category of probable Lyme disease was recently added to the CDC surveillance case definition to describe ...
Aucott John N, Seifter Ari, Rebman Alison W   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Blocking pathogen transmission at the source: reservoir targeted OspA-based vaccines against Borrelia burgdorferi [PDF]

, 2014
Control strategies are especially challenging for microbial diseases caused by pathogens that persist in wildlife reservoirs and use arthropod vectors to cycle amongst those species. One of the most relevant illnesses that pose a direct human health risk
Maria Gomes-Solecki
core   +2 more sources

Citizen science project on urban canids provides different results from camera traps but generates interest and revenue

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
As urbanization increases, wildlife increasingly encounters people. Coyotes Canis latrans and red foxes Vulpes vulpes are two canid species that have readily adapted to urban environments. Citizen science has emerged as a low‐cost method of collecting data on urban‐adapted species that can benefit management agencies but may provide different results ...
Neville F. Taraporevala, Jon P. Beckmann, Julie K. Young   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Autonomic Symptoms in Post-Treatment Lyme Disease: Insights From the COMPASS-31 and the 10-Minute Active Stand Test

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes
Objective: To determine the prevalence of autonomic symptoms in post-treatment Lyme disease (PTLD) and identify clinical factors that associate with abnormal hemodynamics on the 10-minute active stand test.
Brittany L. Adler, MD, Alison W. Rebman, MPH, Tae Chung, MD, John B. Miller, MD, Marzieh Keshtkarjahromi, MD, MPH, Ting Yang, PhD, Chatuthanai Savigamin, MD, MSc, MPH, Alba Azola, MD, Peter C. Rowe, MD, John N. Aucott, MD   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source