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Staying
safe from lurking pests (Bergen Record)
The two weeks of wet weather in May, coupled with unusually warm weather, have been a boon
to mosquitoes. For PCR (DNA): Dead tick OK if over two weeks, OK if more than one piece or
in alcohol. |
Detecting
Deer: New Method For Counting Population In Urban Areas (EurekAlert! 2 July 1998)
Counting The Herd The biologists captured, marked and released 69 deer between Dec. The
flights were conducted one to two hours after sunrise and two to three hours before
sundown. |
| Beware
of Lyme disease in summer - (Detroit News 6/28/98) This disease is caused by a bite
from an infected deer or black-legged tick. Two tests are needed to confirm Lyme disease |
| Tick
Transmitted Disease Sidelines Low Country Woman (Savannah Morning News 6/30/98) - The
disease rarely has been reported in the Lowcountry, according to the state Department of
Health and Environmental Control. One case has been reported this year in Beaufort County,
along with seven others in the state. Last year, three cases were reported in the county
and 36 statewide. Earlier this month, Carrington was diagnosed with Rocky Mountain spotted
fever, a potentially fatal tick-transmitted disease found throughout the country. It
nearly killed her. |
| The
Ticks Are Back (Time Magazine, 6/8/98)And thanks to El Nino, there may be more than
ever. The good news: that new vaccine works. Those lush grasses and eruptions of colorful
spring wildflowers around the country this week may seem like a benign by-product of El
Nino's drenching rains. But they could be a booby trap for outdoors-loving Americans.
Ready to pounce out of the dense vegetation on any passing body will be another effect of
the moist, warmer-than-usual weather: battalions of speck-size ticks carrying the
summertime scourge called Lyme disease. |
More
bugs are itching for victims El Nino invited the annoying insects. (Philadelphia
Inquirer 6/1/98)
Greenheads, the biting horseflies that are especially fond of dining on beach-goers, are
not out in strength yet, but they are expected to be unusually plentiful this year. Their
relatives, the deer flies and stable flies, are likely to be plentiful around swimming
pools. |
FDA To
Eye Lyme Disease Vaccine (CBS.com)
Because of a warmer-than-usual winter in the northeast, some experts predict a
large number of cases this year. |
FDA
OK's New Vaccine for Preventing Lyme Disease (ABC news 5/25/98)
(ABC News) SmithKline Beecham's vaccine stimulates the body to make antibodies
against the outer surface protein of the Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that
transmits Lyme disease from ticks to humans. In human trials, the vaccine, given in
three boosters over a year, kept 79 percent of patients from getting the disease. |
Concerns Raised Over
Lyme Disease Report
10/31/96 (WTNH) _ It was hailed as the study
that would put to rest many parents fears about Lyme Disease. But two Connecticut
researchers are coming under fire for offering people a false sense of hope. |
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