hshbmom
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Southeastern Tick-borne Disease Ecology and Epidemiology Symposium this Friday, April 16 at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama. Free
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Dr. Kerry Clark and Dr. Andrea Varela-Stokes will speak, in addition to Dr. Jerome Goddard and other speakers.
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Hi, I haven't seen anything about this on AlabamaLyme. Is someone posting it there?
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I'm a resident of Alabama. I did not hear about this either.
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Are these speakers lyme literate?
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hshbmom
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I posted about this event (here) as soon as I learned about it. Dr. Clark is Lyme literate. I believe Dr. Varela-Stokes is also Lyme literate.
Phyllis, I'm a member of AL Lyme, but don't know if I can post. I haven't been able to figure out how to change my password, so am kind of stuck.
I'm sorry you didn't hear about his sooner lymewreck.
Dr. Clark recently spoke about his fascinating research at the University of North Florida. See the closed announcement in Medical post about the UNF Jacksonville, FL event.
We reviewed scientific literature pertaining to known and putative disease agents associated with the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum. Reports in the literature concerning the role of the lone star tick in the transmission of pathogens of human and animal diseases have sometimes been unclear and even contradictory.
This overview has indicated that A. americanum is involved in the ecology of several disease agents of humans and other animals, and the role of this tick as a vector of these diseases ranges from incidental to significant.
Probably the clearest relationship is that of Ehrlichia chaffeensis and A. americanum. Also, there is a definite association between A. americanum and tularemia, as well as between the lone star tick and Theileria cervi to white-tailed deer.
Evidence of Babesia cervi (=odocoilei) being transmitted to deer by A. americanum is largely circumstantial at this time. The role of A. americanum in cases of southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI) is currently a subject of intensive investigations with important implications.
The lone star tick has been historically reported to be a vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever rickettsiae, but current opinions are to the contrary.
Evidence incriminated A. americanum as the vector of Bullis fever in the 1940s, but the disease apparently has disappeared. Q fever virus has been found in unfed A. americanum, but the vector potential, if any, is poorly understood at this time.
Typhus fever and toxoplasmosis have been studied in the lone star tick, and several non-pathogenic organisms have been recovered. Implications of these tick-disease relationships are discussed.
This publication by the Mississippi State University Extension Service was revised by Drs. Goddard and VArela-Stokes in 2009.
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