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Everyone needs to take precautions to prevent against tick exposure. This is especially true when it comes to the Ixodes scapularis, the deer or blacklegged tick. The adult tick is […]
Everyone needs to take precautions to prevent against tick exposure. This is especially true when it comes to the Ixodes scapularis, the deer or blacklegged tick. The adult tick is […]
These two images feature the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis. The first image shows an unengorged female (and male) alongside a gravid (mated and replete) female that is ovipositing (laying […]
Ticks are most likely to be in woods, where woods meet lawn, where lawn meets fields, tall brush/grass, under leaves, under ground cover (low growing vegetation), near stone walls or […]
If just thinking about ticks makes you squeamish, then you’ll want to stay away from Dolores Hill’s lab in Beltsville, Maryland. There, in tiny glass vials and Styrofoam containers, Hill […]
Labroots, Carmen Leach, 04.01.24, reports on “A Better Way to ID Powassan Virus, an Emerging Tick-Borne Disease.” Leach reported that researchers developed a better PCR-based test that can detect and measure the level of virus for Powassan virus and Powassan virus lineage II (deer tick virus) in deer ticks (Ixodes scapularis).
Nevada Today, John Seelmeyer (04.15.2024) reports, “University of Nevada, Reno researcher takes on fight against deadly cattle tick: Pioneering researcher wins highly competitive Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for collaborative international research project.” Associate Professor Monika Gulia-Nuss has been awarded a US Fulbright Scholar Award to conduct research on ticks affecting cattle worldwide. Her work will take place in Uruguay.
LDA strives to fund the most relevant and cutting edge research aimed at investigating the diagnosis, treatment, pathology, and prevention of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. The goal is to […]
Newswire (Tufts University) 10.27.2023, published “Powassan Virus: What to Know about this Rare Tick-Borne Disease.” This article discusses the rising cases of Powassan virus, a tick-borne infection with no vaccine or cure, which kills 1 in 10 people who contract it and causes long-term neurological problems in half of reported cases.
Dr. Daniel Cameron graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine and their Department of Epidemiology. He completed residencies at both Beth Israel Medical Center and Mt. Sinai in New York City. Dr. Cameron has led International Lyme and Associated Disease Society (ILADS) twice as their president. He is widely recognized as author of ILADS practice guidelines, Lyme disease science blogs, and Inside Lyme Podcasts. His latest book is titled, “An Expert’s Guide on Navigating Lyme disease.” He continues to see patients in his private practice in Mt. Kisco, New York.
Tick-borne diseases/conditions. Although Lyme is the most prevalent of tick-borne diseases (TBD) in the US, there are many others here and around the world. Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus ticks […]
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Welcome to the Lyme Disease Association’s LDA Doctor Referral System ©. LDA made updates and enhancements to its prior system and has launched a new site to provide patients with information about doctors, other practitioners, testing labs, and pharmacies that are knowledgeable about chronic Lyme disease and often about many other tick-borne diseases (TBD). Many of the doctors listed are often referred to as Lyme Literate Physicians/Doctors (LLMD). Tens of thousands of patients have successfully used the prior LDA system to locate Lyme and TBD resources.
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Because there is a negative political climate surrounding Lyme disease, many LLMDs do not want their names posted outright on the internet. LDA has tried to balance the doctors’ wishes with patients’ need to find a doctor. This new system is a result of that compromise and therefore:
Because of the limited number of physicians treating chronic Lyme disease nationwide, some states, and in some instances, entire regions, may not have any treating physicians who follow flexible treating approaches such as those in the International Lyme & Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) Guidelines, Evidence Assessments and Guideline Recommendations in Lyme Disease: The Clinical Management of Known Tick Bites, Erythema Migrans Rashes and Persistent Disease. In the event that the LDA Doctor Referral System © contains no Lyme or TBD resource listings in a given area, the closest possible option(s) will populate based on the location entered and specaialty/ies selected. The LDA appreciates any changes in provider information that you may find and make us aware of so we can investigate.
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