Critical Needs and Gaps in Understanding Prevention, Amelioration, and Resolution of Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases The Short-Term and Long-Term Outcomes: Workshop Report (2011) / Chapter Skim
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Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) , including Lyme disease, are certainly embedded in our world of "connexity." This group of diseases defies simple cause and effect explanations and, while science has enabled us to uncover critical information on TBDs, we also realize that much more remains hidden.
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ticks. Soft ticks undergo no more than seven molts during their life cycle while hard ticks undergo three (see Figure 1-1)
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. The most common tick-borne diseases in the United States include Lyme disease, babesiosis, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, relapsing fever, tularemia, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and other rickettsioses.
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Rickettsia massiliae, a potential human pathogen, has been identified in Rh. sanguineus ticks in the United States, but not yet in humans.
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. More than half of the tickborne diseases in the United States are emerging infectious diseases -- many of which have been recognized only in the past two decades.
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Following the initial meeting, the committee decided that it needed to provide additional opportunities for input from patients and groups not represented by the individuals who attended the planning meeting. The committee held four listening sessions on June 2, 15, 18, and 25, 2010, to hear from residents of the Southeastern United States (Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina)
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Similar confusion exists regarding terminology related to recurrent and relapsing Lyme disease with or without reinfection. As highlighted by many presenters, a standard lexicon that is consistently applied and understood would improve and advance research efforts regarding Lyme disease and other TBDs and likely improve patient care.
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Chapter 4 reflects the ecology, tick biology, and host interactions discussions. Chapter 5 provides a broad overview of the surveillance, spectrum, and burden of tick-borne diseases.
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