| effectiveness of an aerial application of carbaryl in controlling ixodes dammini (acari: ixodidae) adults in a high-use recreational area in new jersey. | lyme disease risk reduction through the control of the principal tick vector, ixodes dammini spielman, clifford, piesman & corwin, has become a major issue facing public health agencies in many endemic states. where large tracts of land are involved, established methods of i. dammini control are impractical. an aerial application of carbaryl directed against fall populations of i. dammini adults resulted in 93.8% control after 96 h. control persisted through the following spring. the usefulness ... | 1992 | 1625304 |
| anti-tick saliva antibody: a biologic marker of tick exposure that is a risk factor for lyme disease seropositivity. | anti-tick saliva antibody (atsa) has potential as a biologic marker of exposure to tick bites. in 1989, we conducted a cross-sectional study of 304 outdoor workers in monmouth county, new jersey, to evaluate associations between self-reported tick exposure, atsa status, and lyme disease antibody status. atsa levels 1) were correlated with an index of tick exposure on the basis of three self-reported measures of tick exposure and outdoor hours worked per week (p = 0.01); 2) were consistently high ... | 1991 | 1853864 |
| from the centers for disease control. imported malaria associated with malariotherapy of lyme disease--new jersey. | | 1991 | 1984528 |
| lyme disease surveillance--united states, 1989-1990. | surveillance for lyme disease (ld) was initiated by cdc in 1982 (1), and in january 1991, ld became nationally reportable (2). forty-six states reported cases in 1989 and 1990 (figure 1), but the occurrence in nature of the causative bacterium, borrelia burgdorferi, has not been documented in all of these states. from 1982 through 1989, the annual reported number of cases of ld increased 18-fold (from 497 to 8803, respectively) and from 1986 through 1989, nearly doubled each year (figure 2). the ... | 1991 | 2046649 |
| imported malaria associated with malariotherapy of lyme disease--new jersey. | | 1990 | 2123017 |
| lyme disease in outdoor workers: risk factors, preventive measures, and tick removal methods. | a statewide cross-sectional study of risk factors for seropositivity for antibody to borrelia burgdorferi in outdoor workers in new jersey was performed in september and october 1988. the crude odds ratio associated with exposure to ticks on the primary state job was 2.2 (95% confidence interval (ci) 0.7-9.0). after adjustment for multiple confounding variables with logistic regression, the adjusted occupational tick exposure odds ratio was 5.1 (95% ci 1.1-23.6). additional analyses revealed tha ... | 1990 | 2321630 |
| serologic survey for borrelia burgdorferi antibody in horses referred to a mid-atlantic veterinary teaching hospital. | blood samples obtained from 13 of 100 (13%) and 6 of 91 (7%) horses at the george d. widener hospital for large animals in the months of june and october, respectively, had antibody to borrelia burgdorferi as determined by elisa. horses from the states of new york, maryland, delaware, new jersey, and pennsylvania were seropositive for b burgdorferi. the frequency of antibody response in horses from new jersey was greater (p less than 0.05) than the frequency of antibody response in horses from p ... | 1990 | 2332371 |
| anti-tick antibodies: an epidemiologic tool in lyme disease research. | in 1988, antibodies to arthropod (ixodes dammini, dermacentor variabilis, and aedes aegypti) salivary gland proteins and to borrelia burgdorferi were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 53 high-risk outdoor workers from the new jersey department of environmental protection. lyme disease seropositives had significantly higher anti-i. dammini antibody levels than seronegative controls (p = 0.006). anti-b. burgdorferi antibody (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) and anti-i. dammini ant ... | 1990 | 2356814 |
| antibody testing in lyme disease. a comparison of results in four laboratories. | to evaluate the interlaboratory and intralaboratory agreement in the performance of lyme disease serological testing, we sent serum specimens from 132 outdoor workers in new jersey to as many as four independent laboratories. these included one state department of health laboratory, one large commercial laboratory, and two research laboratories. the measurement of agreement employed, the kappa statistic, ranged from .45 to .53 among the four laboratories and from .50 to .54 within the commercial ... | 1989 | 2685383 |
| an outbreak of ehrlichiosis in members of an army reserve unit exposed to ticks. | an outbreak of unexplained illness occurred in members of an army reserve unit after field training in an area of new jersey endemic for lyme disease. nine (12%) of the 74 who attended the exercise had serological evidence of ehrlichia infection, defined as a single rise in titer of antibody to ehrlichia canis greater than or equal to 1:160 four weeks after training. two reservists with early serum samples had documented seroconversion, defined by a four-fold or greater increase in titer of anti ... | 1989 | 2915168 |
| effectiveness of two insecticides in controlling ixodes dammini (acari: ixodidae) following an outbreak of lyme disease in new jersey. | | 1987 | 3114494 |
| epidemiologic studies of lyme disease in horses and their public health significance. | a serologic survey of horses in the new jersey-pennsylvania area demonstrated that about 10% (6.2-14.2%) have significant levels of serum antibody to borrelia burgdorferi. however, in a highly endemic area of central new jersey, up to 60% of the mares and yearlings samples on one farm were seropositive. in 1983, sera from this same farm exhibited only 12% positives in mares and 35% positives in yearlings. longitudinal studies of paired sera obtained from individual yearlings over a 6-month perio ... | 1988 | 3190097 |
| the geographic distribution of lyme disease in the united states. | in 1982, national surveillance for lyme disease was established by the centers for disease control to monitor trends and determine endemic geographic areas. initially, the endemic areas corresponded to the known distribution of ixodes dammini, a five-state area of the northeastern seaboard (new york, new jersey, connecticut, rhode island, and massachusetts) and wisconsin and minnesota. increasing numbers of cases have been reported outside these areas, however, 86% of the provisional 5731 cases ... | 1988 | 3190099 |
| evolution of a focus of lyme disease. | epidemiological investigations were initiated in 1984 when significant lyme disease activity was observed within a 5-km radius of an area previously used as a non-endemic control site for lyme disease research in new jersey. through 1983, collections of ixodes dammini from vegetation and feral rodents were infrequent and no human cases were identified within a 16-km radius of the control site. in 1984, 4 human cases and 3 serologically reactive canines (greater than or equal to 1:512) were recog ... | 1986 | 3577493 |
| comparison of rates of infection by the lyme disease spirochete in selected populations of ixodes dammini and amblyomma americanum (acari: ixodidae). | at a major endemic focus in new jersey, 50% of 290 adult ixodes dammini collected in the fall of 1984 were infected with the lyme disease spirochete (borrelia burgdorferi), which was statistically higher than the rate found in the 202 adult ticks (39.6%) examined during the spring. neither sex nor site of collection within the focus significantly affected the infection rate. the observed infection rates were similar to those reported in endemic areas of new york and connecticut. borrelia burgdor ... | 1986 | 3577494 |
| prevalence of canine lyme disease from an endemic area as determined by serosurvey. | from august 1984 through february 1985, 423 dogs from 43 municipalities in 7 new jersey counties were evaluated for the presence of antibodies to the lyme disease spirochete (borrelia burgdorferi). of these dogs, 34.7% with no apparent clinical symptoms were serologically reactive (ifa greater than or equal to 1:64); titers in this study ranged from non-reactive to 1:2048. ninety percent of the dogs surveyed had a current vaccination status to leptospira interrogans serovars canicola and icteroh ... | 1987 | 3591094 |
| seasonal abundance and hosts of ixodes dammini (acari: ixodidae) and other ixodid ticks from an endemic lyme disease focus in new jersey, usa. | | 1986 | 3950921 |
| the role of adult ixodes dammini (acari: ixodidae) in the transmission of lyme disease in new jersey, usa. | | 1985 | 3981553 |
| arthritis caused by borrelia burgdorferi in dogs. | from october 1982 to may 1984, we studied 34 dogs from the lyme, conn area that had a history of tick exposure and lameness associated with pain, warmth, and/or swelling in one or more joints. large numbers of polymorphonuclear leukocytes were seen in giemsa-stained smears of synovial fluid from 9 dogs, and spirochetes (borrelia burgdorferi) were found in 1 sample by darkfield microscopy and immunoperoxidase techniques. the geometric mean antibody titer to b burgdorferi in the 34 dogs was 1:2,70 ... | 1985 | 3997648 |
| geographical distribution and density of ixodes dammini (acari: ixodidae) and relationship to lyme disease transmission in new jersey. | as part of continuing studies of lyme disease, deer were surveyed during three hunting seasons in 1981 to obtain information on geographic distribution and density of i. dammini in new jersey. i. dammini occurred throughout central and southern new jersey. four deer management zones (dmzs) were shown to have high tick densities. geographical distribution and density data were independently regressed against 25 environmental and physical factors. elevation was shown to be the most important facto ... | 1984 | 6334941 |
| amblyomma americanum: a potential vector of lyme disease in new jersey. | amblyomma americanum is a likely secondary vector of lyme disease in new jersey. ticks of this species were removed from the site of the characteristic skin lesion known as erythema chronicum migrans on two patients with the disease, and the lyme disease spirochete was isolated from nymphs and adults of this species. that a. americanum is a potential vector is supported by its similarities to ixodes dammini, the known tick vector, in seasonal distribution and host utilization. the extensive rang ... | 1984 | 6710158 |
| the overdiagnosis of lyme disease in children residing in an endemic area. | the medical records of 227 children ages 1 to 19 years referred to the lyme disease pediatric clinic over a 32-month period since may 1990 were reviewed. clinico-serologic criteria for a positive diagnosis were applied. one hundred thirty-eight of 227 referred children did not fulfill those criteria and became the study population. four subsets of patients emerged: (1) 54 patients with predominantly subjective symptoms; (2) 52 patients with objective evidence for an alternative diagnosis; (3) ei ... | 1994 | 7859425 |
| childhood neurologic disorders and lyme disease during pregnancy. | to determine the prevalence of clinically significant nervous system disease attributable to transplacental transmission of borrelia burgdorferi, we surveyed neurologists in areas of the united states in which lyme disease is endemic (i.e., massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut, new york, new jersey, wisconsin, and minnesota). overall, 162 of the 176 (92%) pediatric neurologists contacted responded to the survey with a range of 90-100% in the different geographic areas. one pediatric neurolog ... | 1994 | 7986291 |
| longitudinal study of borrelia burgdorferi infection in new jersey outdoor workers, 1988-1991. | from 1988 to 1991, annual questionnaires and serosurveys were performed in a cohort of outdoor workers in new jersey at high risk for lyme disease to 1) evaluate temporal trends in seroprevalence and seroconversion of antibody to borrelia burgdorferi; 2) identify risk factors for b. burgdorferi seroconversion during these years; and 3) examine associations between such seroconversion in 1989-1990 and anti-tick saliva antibody (atsa, a biologic marker of tick exposure) seropositivity in 1990. a t ... | 1994 | 8154474 |
| suppression of ixodes scapularis (acari: ixodidae) nymphs in a large residential community. | to determine the feasibility of suppressing ixodes scapularis say populations in a large, hyperendemic residential community, several rates of granular carbaryl were applied by ground and air to the shrub layer and wooded buffers of a forested residential community during the peak activity period of nymphs. granular carbaryl significantly reduced the abundance of i. scapularis nymphs on peromyscus leucopus raphinesque. control nymphal ticks ranged between 70.0 and 90.3%. the use of properly time ... | 1994 | 8189411 |
| antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi and tick salivary gland proteins in new jersey outdoor workers. | in 1990, a second cross-sectional study of outdoor workers (n = 758) at high risk for lyme disease was conducted. a questionnaire was administered, and antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi and tick salivary gland proteins (antitick saliva antibody, a biologic marker of tick exposure) were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. the statewide lyme disease seroprevalence increased from 8.1% in 1988 to 18.7% in 1990. antitick saliva antibody seropositivity varied by county and was associated wi ... | 1993 | 8259808 |
| serological responses in lyme disease: the influence of sex, age, and environment. | in the laboratory, the serodiagnosis of lyme disease is a difficult decision, especially in early disease. the variability in the immune response to the borrelia burgdorferi spirochete and the lack of specificity and sensitivity of commercial assays for the detection of antibodies in early disease have contributed to the difficulty of serodiagnosis. this study examines the serological data of over 20,000 serum specimens submitted for enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) and/or western blot ... | 1993 | 8323257 |
| identification of an uncultivable borrelia species in the hard tick amblyomma americanum: possible agent of a lyme disease-like illness. | bites from the hard tick amblyomma americanum are associated with a lyme disease-like illness in the southern united states. to identify possible etiologic agents for this disorder, a. americanum ticks were collected in missouri, texas, new jersey, and new york and examined microscopically. uncultivable spirochetes were present in approximately 2% of the ticks. borrelia genus-specific oligonucleotides for the flagellin and 16s rrna genes were used for amplification of dna. products were obtained ... | 1996 | 8568302 |
| seasonal and long-term variations in abundance of adult ixodes scapularis (acari:ixodidae) in different coastal plain habitats of new jersey. | fifteen sites in 4 different vegetation types in a lyme disease endemic area were surveyed during times of peak tick activity in fall of 1982, 1984, and 1992, and subsequent spring activity periods to determine seasonal and year-to-year differences in habitat use by the blacklegged tick, ixodes scapularis say. populations of i. scapularis adults varied significantly among the 3 yr surveyed, although this variability tended to be more pronounced in fall. i. scapularis adults were consistently mor ... | 1996 | 8961647 |
| prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in ixodes scapularis in a rural new jersey county. | to assess the potential risk for other tick-borne diseases, we collected 100 adult ixodes scapularis in hunterdon county, a rapidly developing rural county in lyme disease endemic western new jersey. we tested the ticks by polymerase chain reaction for borrelia burgdorferi, babesia microti, and the rickettsial agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (hge). fifty-five ticks were infected with at least one of the three pathogens: 43 with b. burgdorferi, five with b. microti, and 17 with the hge a ... | 1998 | 9452402 |
| comparison of ixodes scapularis (acari: ixodidae) populations and their habitats in established and emerging lyme disease areas in new jersey. | hunterdon country, new jersey, experienced a significant increase in the number of lyme disease cases during 1990-1995, accounting for 21.2% of all new jersey cases. this study compares the relative abundance of ixodes scapularis say in similar habitats in hunterdon county, an emerging lyme disease area, and monmouth county, where lyme disease has been established for well over a decade. the extent to which differences in habitat physiognomy could explain differences in tick populations, and con ... | 1998 | 9542347 |
| air temperature and relative humidity effects on behavioral activity of blacklegged tick (acari: ixodidae) nymphs in new jersey. | air-temperature and relative humidity data were used to explain variation in behavioral activity of ixodes scapularis say nymphs. we estimated behavioral activity as the residual variation in drag-sample data after seasonal changes in population density were removed by regression. the seasonal decline in drag samples between june and august 1995 on field plots at morristown national historical park, nj, can be described by a simple negative exponential function. residuals around a fitted exponen ... | 1998 | 9835697 |
| serologic survey for selected infectious disease agents in swift and kit foxes from the western united states. | a serologic survey of swift fox (vulpes velox) and kit fox (v. macrotis) from the western usa was conducted for 12 infectious diseases. samples from swift fox were collected between 1987 and 1992 from colorado (n = 44), kansas (n = 10), and wyoming (n = 9). samples from kit fox were collected in california (n = 86), new mexico (n = 18), utah (n = 9), and arizona (n = 6). overall antibody prevalence rates were 33 of 110 (30%) for canine parvovirus (cpv), 9 of 72 (13%) for canine distemper virus ( ... | 2000 | 11085448 |
| prevalence of borrelia burgdorferi (spirochaetales: spirochaetaceae) in ixodes scapularis (acari: ixodidae) adults in new jersey, 2000-2001. | using polymerase chain reaction, we analyzed 529 ixodes scapularis say adults collected from 16 of new jersey's 21 counties for the presence of borrelia burgdorferi, the etiological agent of lyme disease. overall, 261 (49.3%) were positive. b. burgdorferi was detected in ticks obtained from each county and from 53 of the 58 (93.1%) municipalities surveyed. the observed statewide prevalence in new jersey is similar to those reported from other northeastern and mid-atlantic states. | 2003 | 14680126 |
| relative encounter frequencies and prevalence of selected borrelia, ehrlichia, and anaplasma infections in amblyomma americanum and ixodes scapularis (acari: ixodidae) ticks from central new jersey. | to evaluate their relative importance in tick-borne disease transmission in new jersey, host-seeking amblyomma americanum (l.) and ixodes scapularis say adults and nymphs were collected during spring activity periods in 2003 and 2004 to determine relative frequencies at which these ticks were encountered from an area known to be hyperendemic for lyme disease. although similar numbers of the two species were encountered during early spring of both years, a. americanum were encountered more often ... | 2005 | 15962799 |
| distribution of borreliae among ticks collected from eastern states. | lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in the united states and is transmitted by borrelia burgdorferi-infected ixodes species. the disease is typically characterized by an erythema migrans (em) rash at the site of tick feeding. em rashes have also been associated with feeding by amblyomma americanum ticks despite evidence suggesting that they are incompetent vectors for lyme disease. in 1996, a borrelia organism only recently cultivated in the laboratory was described i ... | 2005 | 16417434 |
| host associations of ixodes scapularis (acari: ixodidae) in residential and natural settings in a lyme disease-endemic area in new jersey. | we live-trapped small mammals and flagged vegetation within wooded natural and residential landscapes to examine how any observed differences in small mammal species composition may influence ixodes scapularis say burdens and the abundance of host-seeking ticks. two years of live trapping showed that eastern chipmunks, tamias striatus, were captured with significantly greater frequency in some residential areas than white-footed mice, peromyscus leucopus, whereas the proportion of white-footed m ... | 2005 | 16465736 |
| strategies for reducing the risk of lyme borreliosis in north america. | the incidence of lyme borreliosis continues to increase in the united states. in 1991, when lyme borreliosis first became a nationally reportable disease to the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc), a total of 9470 cases were reported; in contrast, by 2002 a total of 23,763 cases were reported, >2.5x the total in 1991. area-wide acaricides can be highly effective in killing nymphal ixodes scapularis, with >95% of nymphs killed in studies using cyfluthrin, deltamethrin, or carbaryl. t ... | 2006 | 16524769 |
| relative abundance and prevalence of selected borrelia infections in ixodes scapularis and amblyomma americanum (acari: ixodidae) from publicly owned lands in monmouth county, new jersey. | to evaluate their potential importance in the transmission of ixodid tick-borne borrelioses in monmouth county, nj, we collected host-seeking ixodes scapularis say and amblyomma americanum (l.) (acari: ixodidae) adults and nymphs to determine relative encounter frequencies and the infection prevalence of selected borrelia spp. in their respective tick vectors. we also reviewed records of all ticks submitted for identification by the public in monmouth county during 2001-2005. relative abundance ... | 2006 | 17162963 |
| lyme disease--united states, 2003-2005. | lyme disease is caused by the spirochete borrelia burgdorferi and is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected blacklegged ticks (ixodes spp.). early manifestations of infection include fever, headache, fatigue, and a characteristic skin rash called erythema migrans. left untreated, late manifestations involving the joints, heart, and nervous system can occur. a healthy people 2010 objective (14-8) is to reduce the annual incidence of lyme disease to 9.7 new cases per 100,000 population in 1 ... | 2007 | 17568368 |
| effects of reduced deer density on the abundance of ixodes scapularis (acari: ixodidae) and lyme disease incidence in a northern new jersey endemic area. | we monitored the abundance of ixodes scapularis say (acari: ixodidae) and the lyme disease incidence rate after the incremental removal of white-tailed deer, odocoileus virginianus zimmermann, within a suburban residential area to determine whether there was a measurable decrease in the abundance of ticks due to deer removal and whether the reduction in ticks resulted in a reduction in the incidence rate within the human population. after three seasons, the estimated deer population was reduced ... | 2007 | 17915504 |
| effect of electronic laboratory reporting on the burden of lyme disease surveillance--new jersey, 2001-2006. | lyme disease (ld) is a vector-borne illness caused by the spirochete borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted in the united states by blacklegged ticks (ixodes spp.). ld is most commonly found in the northeastern, mid-atlantic, and north-central regions of the united states. in 2005, new jersey reported 38.6 ld cases per 100,000 population, the third-highest incidence in the united states after delaware and connecticut. since 1980, new jersey has mandated that health-care providers and clinical labo ... | 2008 | 18199968 |
| surveillance for lyme disease--united states, 1992-2006. | lyme disease is a multisystem disease that occurs in north america, europe, and asia. in the united states, the etiologic agent is borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, a spirochete transmitted to humans by infected ixodes scapularis and i. pacificus ticks. the majority of patients with lyme disease develop a characteristic rash, erythema migrans (em), accompanied by symptoms of fever, malaise, fatigue, headache, myalgia, or arthralgia. other manifestations of infection can include arthritis, card ... | 2008 | 18830214 |
| effectiveness of the 4-poster passive topical treatment device in the control of ixodes scapularis and amblyomma americanum (acari: ixodidae) in new jersey. | twenty-five "4-poster" feeders were placed throughout a 5.2 km(2) study area within a secured military facility situated in a hyperendemic area for lyme disease in central monmouth county, new jersey. calculated levels of control, relative to untreated areas, peaked at 82.7%, 77.3%, and 94.2% for of host-seeking ixodes scapularis say larvae, nymphs, and adults, respectively, within 5 years of deployment. control of host-seeking amblyomma americanum (l.) peaked at 99.2%, 89.5%, and 96.9% for larv ... | 2009 | 19650733 |
| ability of two natural products, nootkatone and carvacrol, to suppress ixodes scapularis and amblyomma americanum (acari: ixodidae) in a lyme disease endemic area of new jersey. | we evaluated the ability of the natural, plant-derived acaricides nootkatone and carvacrol to suppress ixodes scapularis say and amblyomma americanum (l.) (acari: ixodidae). aqueous formulations of 1 and 5% nootkatone applied by backpack sprayer to the forest litter layer completely suppressed i. scapularis nymphs through 2 d. thereafter, the level of reduction gradually declined to < or =50% at 28 d postapplication. against a. americanum nymphs, 1% nootkatone was less effective, but at a 5% con ... | 2009 | 20069863 |
| suppression of host-seeking ixodes scapularis and amblyomma americanum (acari: ixodidae) nymphs after dual applications of plant-derived acaricides in new jersey. | we evaluated the ability of dual applications of natural, plant-derived acaricides to suppress nymphal ixodes scapularis say and amblyomma americanum (l.) (acari: ixodidae) in a lyme disease endemic area of new jersey. an aqueous formulation of 2% nootkatone provided >90% control of i. scapularis through 7 d. control declined to 80.9% at 14 d, and a second application was made that provided >95% control through the remaining 4 wk of the nymphal season. nootkatone provided >90% control of a. amer ... | 2011 | 21510219 |
| elimination of borrelia burgdorferi and anaplasma phagocytophilum in rodent reservoirs and ixodes scapularis ticks using a doxycycline hyclate-laden bait. | a field trial was conducted in a lyme disease-endemic area of new jersey to determine the efficacy of a doxycyline hyclate rodent bait to prophylactically protect and cure small-mammal reservoirs and reduce infection rates in questing ixodes scapularis ticks for borrelia burgdorferi and anaplasma phagocytophilum. the doxycycline-laden bait was formulated at a concentration of 500 mg/kg and delivered during the immature tick feeding season in rodent-targeted bait boxes. the percentage of infected ... | 2011 | 22144454 |
| lyme disease surveillance in the united states, 1983-1986. | during 1983-1986, 5,016 cases of lyme disease were reported to the centers for disease control. cases were acquired in 31 states; however, 86% of the cases were acquired in seven states: massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut, new york, new jersey, wisconsin, and minnesota. for 63% of patients the disease began in summer; 52% recalled a tick bite. erythema chronicum migrans (ecm) occurred in 91% of the patients; arthritis, in 57%; neurologic complications, in 18%; and cardiac manifestations, i ... | 2009 | 2682955 |
| nuclear markers reveal predominantly north to south gene flow in ixodes scapularis, the tick vector of the lyme disease spirochete. | ixodes scapularis, the tick vector of the lyme disease spirochete, is distributed over most of the eastern united states, but >80% of all lyme disease cases occur in the northeast. the role that genetic differences between northern and southern tick populations play in explaining this disparate distribution of lyme disease cases is unclear. the present study was conducted with 1,155 snp markers in eight nuclear genes; the 16s mitochondrial gene was examined for comparison with earlier studies. w ... | 2015 | 26536360 |
| american black bears as hosts of blacklegged ticks (acari: ixodidae) in the northeastern united states. | ticks and whole blood were collected from american black bears (ursus americanus pallas) between october 2011 and october 2012 across four counties in northwestern new jersey, an area where blacklegged ticks (ixodes scapularis say) and their associated tick-borne pathogens are prevalent. adult american dog ticks (dermacentor variabilis say) were the most frequently collected tick species in late spring, whereas adult and nymphal blacklegged ticks were found in both the late spring and fall month ... | 2015 | 26336232 |
| detection of babesia microti and borrelia burgdorferi in host-seeking ixodes scapularis (acari: ixodidae) in monmouth county, new jersey. | the etiological agents that cause human babesiosis (babesia microti) and lyme disease (borrelia burgdorferi) share a common tick vector (ixodes scapularis say) and rodent reservoir (peromyscus leucopus), but because the geographical distribution of babesiosis is more restricted than lyme disease, it was not considered a nationally notifiable disease until 2011. although recent studies have shown dramatic increases in the number of cases of babesiosis and expansion of its range, little is known a ... | 2013 | 23540127 |
| minimal role of eastern fence lizards in borrelia burgdorferi transmission in central new jersey oak/pine woodlands. | the eastern fence lizard, sceloporus undulatus , is widely distributed in eastern and central north america, ranging through areas with high levels of lyme disease, as well as areas where lyme disease is rare or absent. we studied the potential role of s. undulatus in transmission dynamics of lyme spirochetes by sampling ticks from a variety of natural hosts at field sites in central new jersey, and by testing the reservoir competence of s. undulatus for borrelia burgdorferi in the laboratory. t ... | 2014 | 24871138 |
| three sudden cardiac deaths associated with lyme carditis - united states, november 2012-july 2013. | lyme disease is a multisystem illness caused by borrelia burgdorferi, a spirochete transmitted by certain species of ixodes ticks. approximately 30,000 confirmed and probable cases of lyme disease were reported in the united states in 2012, primarily from high-incidence states in the northeast (connecticut, delaware, maine, maryland, massachusetts, new hampshire, new jersey, new york, pennsylvania, rhode island, and vermont) and upper midwest (minnesota and wisconsin). common manifestations incl ... | 2013 | 24336130 |
| relative risk for ehrlichiosis and lyme disease in an area where vectors for both are sympatric, new jersey, usa. | | 2017 | 28518034 |
| evaluation of the select tick control system (tcs), a host-targeted bait box, to reduce exposure to ixodes scapularis (acari: ixodidae) in a lyme disease endemic area of new jersey. | we describe a 2-yr trial to evaluate the ability of select tick control system (tcs) host-targeted bait boxes to reduce numbers of host-seeking ixodes scapularis nymphs in a residential neighborhood. after four successive 9-wk deployments, nymphal and larval i. scapularis infestation prevalence and intensity were significantly reduced on target small mammals. in addition, these deployments resulted in 87.9% and 97.3% control of host-seeking nymphs in treatment sites at 1 yr and 2 yr postinterven ... | 2017 | 28399280 |
| lyme disease in pregnancy: a new jersey medical advisory. | | 2014 | 25375870 |
| high snp density in the blacklegged tick, ixodes scapularis, the principal vector of lyme disease spirochetes. | single-nucleotide polymorphisms (snps) are the most widespread type of sequence variation in genomes. snp density and distribution varies among different organisms and genes. here, we report the first estimates of snp distribution and density in the genome of the blacklegged tick (ixodes scapularis), an important vector of the pathogens causing lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis and human babesiosis in north america. we sampled 10 individuals from each of 4 collections from new jersey ... | 2013 | 23219364 |
| the united states department of agriculture northeast area-wide tick control project: history and protocol. | the northeast area-wide tick control project (neatcp) was funded by the united states department of agriculture (usda) as a large-scale cooperative demonstration project of the usda-agricultural research service (ars)-patented 4-poster tick control technology (pound et al. 1994) involving the usda-ars and a consortium of universities, state agencies, and a consulting firm at research locations in the five states of connecticut (ct), maryland (md), new jersey (nj), new york (ny), and rhode island ... | 2009 | 19650730 |
| impact of host community composition on lyme disease risk. | the drivers of variable disease risk in complex multi-host disease systems have proved very difficult to identify. here we test a model that explains the entomological risk of lyme disease (ld) in terms of host community composition. the model was parameterized in a continuous forest tract at the cary institute of ecosystem studies (formerly the institute of ecosystem studies) in new york state, u.s.a. we report the results of continuing longitudinal observations (10 years) at the cary institute ... | 2008 | 18959321 |
| lyme disease awareness for the new jersey dentist. a survey of orofacial and headache complaints associated with lyme disease. | the incidence of lyme disease is increasing in new jersey. in 1996, 2,190 cases were reported, representing an increase of 487 cases from the 1,703 reported in 1995 [table 1]. symptoms associated with lyme disease include headache and facial pain that often mimics dental pathology and temporomandibular disorders. patients with complaints of vague, non-specific dental, facial or head pain, who present with a multisystemic, multi-treatment history, are suspect. this article discusses lyme disease ... | 1998 | 9584762 |
| emergence of lyme disease in hunterdon county, new jersey, 1993: a case-control study of risk factors and evaluation of reporting patterns. | reported cases of lyme disease in hunterdon county, new jersey, increased almost 200% from 75 (67/100,000 population) in 1992 to 216 (193/100,000 population) in 1993. for evaluation of risk factors for lyme disease and for determination of the cause of this increase, a case-control study was conducted, and the reporting practices of physicians' offices were evaluated. for cases reported in 1993, age and sex distribution, month of disease onset, and proportion of cases with erythema migrans rash ... | 1998 | 9508107 |
| recording occupational lyme disease in new jersey. | | 1996 | 8927298 |
| biliary complications in the treatment of unsubstantiated lyme disease. | treatment of unsubstantiated lyme disease has led to serious complications in some cases. two case-control studies, based on information in clinical records of patients discharged with a diagnosis of lyme disease during 1990-1992, were conducted at a central new jersey hospital. twenty-five patients with biliary disease were identified, and 52 controls were selected from 1352 patients with suspected lyme disease. only 3% of 71 evaluatable subjects met the study criteria for disseminated lyme dis ... | 1995 | 7844372 |
| from the centers for disease control and prevention. ceftriaxone-associated biliary complications of treatment of suspected disseminated lyme disease--new jersey, 1990-1992. | | 1993 | 8429594 |
| ceftriaxone-associated biliary complications of treatment of suspected disseminated lyme disease--new jersey, 1990-1992. | lyme disease (ld) is endemic in monmouth and ocean counties, new jersey (1). in june 1992, cdc and the new jersey department of health (njdoh) conducted a telephone survey in both counties of 65 schoolchildren who required home instruction because of suspected ld to determine the public health impact of the disease. most children had received prolonged and repeated courses of oral antimicrobials and/or home intravenous infusion of antimicrobials; 79% had been hospitalized for treatment of suspec ... | 1993 | 8419791 |
| lyme disease in new jersey outdoor workers: a statewide survey of seroprevalence and tick exposure. | to evaluate the spread of lyme disease in new jersey, we conducted a statewide cross-sectional study of lyme disease seroprevalence in a high-risk occupational group of outdoor employees. of the 689 employees who participated in the study, 39 (5.7 percent) were positive for antibody to b. burgdorferi, the causative agent of lyme disease. seroprevalence varied markedly by county; unexpectedly high seroprevalence rates were found in several northern counties (sussex, hudson, and hunterdon). furthe ... | 1990 | 2400034 |
| lyme disease in new jersey. | lyme disease is a spirochetal infection endemic throughout new jersey. case reports from 1984 through 1986 suggest different high-risk groups and different disease severity than had been observed in earlier cases in the state. both sexes now appear equally at risk, while younger age groups, particularly children less than ten years old, appear to be at increased risk. mild disease is usual, although classic rheumatologic and neurologic complications can occur. informal surveys suggest lyme disea ... | 1990 | 2385371 |
| national surveillance of lyme disease, 1987-1988. | in 1987 and 1988, 6876 lyme disease cases from 43 states were reported to the centers for disease control. the 4507 cases reported in 1988 was nearly double the case number reported in 1987, and ninefold the number reported in 1982, when a systematic system of national surveillance was established. the average annual incidence of reported lyme disease in the united states in 1987-1988 was 1.4/100,000. new york led the nation in reported cases in 1988 with 57% of the cases reported nationally. ei ... | 1989 | 2758820 |
| a focus of lyme disease in monmouth county, new jersey. | an endemic focus of lyme disease is present in colt's neck, howell, freehold, and wall townships in monmouth county, new jersey. cases of lyme disease have occurred in this area from 1978 to 1982. fifty-seven of the 117 persons (49%) who acquired their infection in new jersey from 1978 to 1982 live or work in these four townships, whose population of 82,491 is only 1.1% of the population of the entire state. thirty persons who contracted lyme disease were exposed to ticks at the naval weapons st ... | 1984 | 6475916 |
| lyme disease in new jersey, 1978-1982. | from 1978 to 1982, 117 cases of lyme disease were reported in new jersey. the number of cases increased each year from four in 1978 and 1979 to 56 in 1982. forty-eight percent of cases occurred in a four-township area in central monmouth county. the proportion of cases with arthritis decreased in 1982 because of early antibiotic treatment and better reporting of milder cases. the proportion of cases with positive serology increased with severity of the clinical syndrome. about 25 percent of pati ... | 2013 | 6393614 |
| clinical manifestations and descriptive epidemiology of lyme disease in new jersey, 1978 to 1982. | clinical manifestations and epidemiologic characteristics of 117 cases (31 children and 86 adults) of lyme disease in new jersey from 1978 to 1982 are summarized. the male-female sex ratio was 1.9:1. an endemic focus in monmouth county has been recognized. erythema chronicum migrans was present in 93% of cases and was the only clinical manifestation in 25% of patients. nonspecific febrile syndrome, in addition to erythema chronicum migrans, was present in 45% of cases; 26% had arthritis. the pro ... | 1984 | 6708273 |
| lyme disease in new jersey: a cluster of 4 cases and 13 sporadic cases. | | 1982 | 6956739 |
| a case of "lyme disease" acquired in new jersey. | | 1981 | 6942167 |