Lyme Disease Flashcards
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Characteristics of Lyme Disease
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Tick-borne zoonosis
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Signs and Symptoms for Lyme Disease, what are the three phases?
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- Expanding red rash that resembles a bull’s eye
- Neurological symptoms
- Severe arthritis
3
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Pathogen and Virulence Factors for Lyme Disease
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- The deer tick of the genus Ixodes is the vector
- Endotoxin ( lipid A)
- Changes surface antigens while in tick and again when transmitted to mammalian host
4
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Causative agent of Lyme Disease
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-Borrelia burgdorferi
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Epidemiology for Lyme Disease
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-Most reported vector-borne disease in the U.S.
6
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What brings humans into closer contact with ticks?
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- Human populations have moved into woodland areas
- Protection of the deer population
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Diagnosis for Lyme Disease
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- Signs and symptoms of the disease (bulls eye)
- Bacterium is rarely detected in the blood
- ELISA and western blot
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Treatment for Lyme Disease
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- Antimicrobial drugs for early phases
- Difficult to treat for later phases
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Prevention for Lyme Disease
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-Repellants containing DEET, and use of protective clothing
