Surveillance for Lyme Disease --- United States, 1992--2006

FDA warns against use of bismicine

MMWR, Lyme Disease --- United States, 2003--2005
June 15, 2007 / 56(23);573-576

Tick Information Card
( PDF - 1 page, 782KB)

How Can We Prevent Lyme Disease?
Edward B. Hayes, M.D., and Joseph Piesman, D.Sc.

Access granted courtesy of New England Journal of Medicine.
2003 Jun 12;348(24):2424-30.

Treatment of Lyme Disease
The Medical Letter, Inc. Volume 47 (Issue 1209) May 23, 2005
Article reproduced with special permission of The Medical Letter
( 3 pages, 55KB)

Lyme Disease: A Public Information Guide
( 14 pages, 311KB)

Tick Management Handbook: An integrated guide for homeowners, pest control operators, and public health officials for the prevention of tick-associated diseases.
( 84 pages, 8,800KB) (From Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven CT)

Notice to Readers: Caution Regarding Testing for Lyme Disease.(MMWR)

Lyme Disease Surveillance Case Definition (revised Jan 2008)

Lyme Disease Surveillance Case Report Form
-For Public Health Officials Use ( 2 pages, 737 KB)

Recommendations for test performance and interpretation from the Second National Conference on Serologic Diagnosis of Lyme disease.

Effective Retrieval of Lyme Disease Information on the Web.
( 14 pages, 392KB)
Sood, SK. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Jul 19; 35:451-464.

The emergence of Lyme disease.
Steere AC, Coburn J, Glickstein L.
J Clin Invest. 2004 Apr 15; 113(8): 1093-1101.

Teratogen update: Lyme disease.
Elliott DJ, Eppes SC, Klein JD.
Teratology. 2001

Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Lyme Disease.
Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Clin Infect Dis. 2006;43:1089-1134

Prevention of Lyme disease.
American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Infectious Diseases.
Pediatrics. 2000 Jan;105(1 Pt 1):142-7.

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