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Accession Number
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ADA564992
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Title
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Images in Health Surveillance: Tickborne Disease Vectors and Lyme Disease Clinical Diagnosis.
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Publication Date
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May 2012
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Media Count
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3p
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Personal Author
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N/A
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Abstract
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Military members who live and train in the United States and abroad are at risk for tickborne diseases. Different tick species transmit different infectious agents and have varying geographic distributions. In the U.S. tickborne diseases include Lyme disease,Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, Powassan virus encephalitis, babesiosis, and Colorado tick fever. Tick bites are also a mode of transmission for tularemia and Q fever.
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Keywords
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Biological agents
Bites and stings
Diagnosis(Medicine)
Disease vectors
Fevers
Geography
Infectious diseases
Lyme diseases
Military personnel
Q fever
Rickettsia rickettsii
Risk
Rmsf(Rocky mountain spotted fever)
Tickborne diseases
Ticks
Tularemia
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Source Agency
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Non Paid ADAS
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NTIS Subject Category
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57E - Clinical Medicine
57N - Parasitology
57K - Microbiology
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Corporate Author
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Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, Silver Spring, MD.
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Document Type
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Journal article
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Title Note
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Journal article.
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NTIS Issue Number
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1304
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Contract Number
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N/A
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