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

Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309211093
eISBN Pdf: 9780309211109
eISBN Epub: 9780309211123
Place of publication: United States
Year of digital publication: 2011
Month: May
Pages: 561
DDC: 616
Language: English

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A single tick bite can have debilitating consequences. Lyme disease is the most common disease carried by ticks in the United States, and the number of those afflicted is growing steadily. If left untreated, the diseases carried by ticks—known as tick-borne diseases—can cause severe pain, fatigue, neurological problems, and other serious health problems. The Institute of Medicine held a workshop October 11-12, 2010, to examine the state of the science in Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases.

FrontMatter
Reviewers
Contents
Preface: A Walk in the Woods
Acronyms
Overview
1 Introduction
2 An Overview of Tick-Borne Diseases
3 The Social Construction and Human Face of Tick-Borne Disease
4 Emerging Infections, Tick Biology, and Host–Vector Interactions
5 Surveillance, Spectrum, and Burden of Tick-Borne Disease, and At-Risk Populations
6 Pathogenesis
7 Diagnostics and Diagnosis
8 Prevention
9 Closing Panels
References
Appendix A: Commissioned Papers
Appendix B: Federal Funding of Tick-Borne Diseases
Appendix C: Summary of Public Comment on Agenda
Appendix D: Workshop Agenda
Appendix E: Public Comment Summary
Appendix F; Speaker Biosketches