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Methods to Prevent Tick Bites and Lyme Disease.
- Source :
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Clinics in laboratory medicine [Clin Lab Med] 2015 Dec; Vol. 35 (4), pp. 883-99. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Aug 28. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Current approaches for prevention of tick bites, Lyme disease, and other tick-borne diseases are described. Particular attention is paid to 4 risk-reduction strategies: (i) avoiding risk areas; (ii) personal protective measures that reduce the risk of tick bites or transmission of the agent of Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi; (iii) reducing the number of infected ticks in the environment; and (iv) use of prophylactic antibiotic treatments following a bite to prevent clinical Lyme disease.<br /> (Crown Copyright © 2015. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1557-9832
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinics in laboratory medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26593263
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cll.2015.07.003