Images in Health Surveillance: Tickborne Disease Vectors and Lyme Disease Clinical Diagnosis

Abstract

Military members who live and train in the United States and abroad are at risk for tickborne diseases. Different tick species transmit different infectious agents and have varying geographic distributions. In the U.S. tickborne diseases include Lyme disease,Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, Powassan virus encephalitis, babesiosis, and Colorado tick fever. Tick bites are also a mode of transmission for tularemia and Q fever.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA564992

Entities

Organizations

  • Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animal Diseases
  • Arachnid Bites And Stings
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Disease Vectors
  • Geographic Distribution
  • Health
  • Lyme Disease
  • Mountains
  • Parasitic Diseases
  • Public Health
  • Q Fever
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Tickborne Diseases
  • Ticks
  • United States
  • Viruses
  • Zoonoses

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  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology