"LD is the most common vectorborne zoonotic inflammatory disease in the United States. The longterm sequelae of LD are debilitating to patients and costly to society."
"The emergence of LD and previous experience predict the feasibility of public health interventions for LD control and prevention (24). More research on the social behavior of LD patients and economic evaluation of LD prevention interventions is needed."
"We conclude that cross-species transmission of B. burgdorferi is a key property that has allowed LB to spread rapidly across the northeastern United States."
" For LD patients at the clinically defined early stage, the median total cost was ≈$397 (mean $1,310), whereas for patients at the clinically defined late stage, the median cost rose to $923 (mean $16,199)."
"We thank A.G. Barbour and J. Bunikis for providing us with the opportunity to carry out the molecular biology in their laboratory at University of California at Irvine; B. Gray..."
DISPATCHES 672 Emerging Infectious Diseases * www.cdc.gov/eid * Vol. 12, No. 4, April 2006 *Universidad Aut�noma de Yucat�n, M�rida Yucat�n, M�xico; �University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA; and �Hospital General Agust�n O'Hor�n, Merida,
Conclusions The first documentation of RMSF in southwestern Mexico...
In the United States 2 large waves of emergence of RMSF have been documented during the last century...
In 2004, a total of 1,514 cases of RMSF were reported, the highest number ever in a single year, including an outbreak in Arizona, where very few cases had been diagnosed previously (13).
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