emerging infectious disease (EID) is an infectious disease whose incidence has increased in the past 20 years and threatens to increase in the near future. EIDs include diseases caused by a newly identified microorganism or newly identified strain of a ...Disease
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Of the 36 known species of ''Borrelia'', 12 of these species are known to cause Lyme disease or borreliosis and are transmitted by ticks. The major ''Borrelia'' species causing Lyme disease are ''Borrelia burgdorferi'', ''Borrelia afzelii'', ''Borrelia garinii'' and ''Borrelia valaisiana''. ...
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emerging infectious disease (EID) is an infectious disease whose incidence has increased in the past 20 years and threatens to increase in the near future. EIDs include diseases caused by a newly identified microorganism or newly identified strain of a ...
Adapted from the Wikipedia article Infectious disease, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
For early cases, prompt treatment is usually curative. However, the severity and treatment of Lyme disease may be complicated due to late diagnosis, failure of antibiotic treatment, and simultaneous infection with other tick-borne diseases (co-infections) including ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, and immune ...
Due to its universal and high level expression outer surface protein A (OspA) was the natural focus of early vaccine development efforts. An OspA based vaccine (LYMErix; SmithKline Beecham) was licensed for use in adults. However, this vaccine was voluntarily ...
Of the 36 known species of ”Borrelia”, 12 of these species are known to cause Lyme disease or borreliosis and are transmitted by ticks. The major ”Borrelia” species causing Lyme disease are ”Borrelia burgdorferi”, ”Borrelia afzelii”, ”Borrelia garinii” and ”Borrelia ...
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Cat fleas can transmit other parasites and infections to dogs and cats and also to humans. The most prominent of these are ”Bartonella”, murine typhus, and apedermatitis. The tapeworm ”Dipylidium caninum” can be transmitted when a flea is swallowed by ... It is thought that the presence of western fence lizards diminishes the danger of transmission of Lyme disease by ticks. The incidence of Lyme disease is lower in areas where the lizards occur, and it has been found that when ...
Lyme disease, or borreliosis, is caused by Gram negative spirochetal bacteria from the genus ”Borrelia”, which has at least 37 known species, 12 of which are Lyme related, and an unknown number of genomic strains. ”Borrelia” species known to cause ...
”Ixodes scapularis” is the main vector of Lyme disease in North America. Ticks that transmit ”B. burgorferi” to humans can also carry and transmit several other parasites such as ”Theileria microti” and ”Anaplasma phagocytophilum”, which cause the diseases babesiosis and ...
As most symptoms of Crohn’s disease broadly affect quality of life, attempts have been made to incorporate physical, social, and emotional performance characteristics into tests for severity of Crohn’s disease. The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ) was developed to incorporate ...
Northern hemisphere temperate regions are most endemic for Lyme disease. Africa In Northern Africa ”B. burgdorferi sensu lato” has been identified in Morocco, Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia. Lyme disease in sub-Saharan is presently unknown, but evidence indicates that Lyme disease ...Page 1 of 11
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