Tick Bites

07/01/2011 - "This study provides preliminary evidence that long-lasting permethrin-impregnated clothing may be highly effective against tick bites."
08/01/2013 - "Permethrin-impregnated clothing for the prevention of tick bites has been shown effective in reducing tick bites. "
01/01/2020 - "Factory permethrin impregnation of clothing is safe and effective for the prevention of tick bites among outdoor workers whose primary exposure is to blacklegged ticks in the northeastern United States."
01/01/2022 - "A suite of experimental studies have shown that applying repellents or permethrin to coveralls or uniform-style clothing can result in decreased numbers of tick bites, but similar studies are lacking for members of the public wearing summer-weight clothing during normal daily activities. "
02/22/2021 - "The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of long-lasting permethrin impregnated (LLPI) socks for tick bites. "

12/01/1999 - "The efficacy of prophylactic antibiotic treatment after tick-bites is not established. "
06/01/2012 - "Accordingly, we developed a tick-bite prophylaxis model in mice that gave a level of prophylactic protection similar to what had been observed in clinical trials and then varied the time post tick bite of antibiotic delivery. "
01/01/2011 - "It can serve to further elucidate the relevance of preventive antibiotic treatment following tick bites in upcoming clinical studies."
01/01/2022 - "Questions investigated tick exposure, LD awareness, attitudes towards LD risk, outdoor and preventive behaviors, as well as antibiotic post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) treatments in the case of a tick bite. "
01/01/2021 - "At the first visit related to the index tick bite, ticks (the complete ticks or parts of the ticks) were removed from the skin, blood samples were taken for serological tests, and antibiotic treatment was started when deemed necessary. "

07/13/2006 - "In a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 93 healthy subjects with suspected tick exposure (52 with signs of tick bites and 41 close contacts--those without signs but with a similar risk of contact with ticks) were randomly assigned to receive either doxycycline (Dexxon, in a dose of 200 mg the first day and then 100 mg per day for four days) or placebo after presumed exposure to TBRF. "
01/01/2022 - "Treat the tick bite with doxycycline for 3 weeks and manage the thromboembolic event according to standard treatment of care."
10/02/2018 - "A history of a tick bite was elicited and intravenous doxycycline 100 mg two times a day was initiated. "
01/01/2018 - "Doxycycline is recommended for persons with Ixodes scapularis tick bites in certain geographic areas, if the tick had fed for at least 36 hours. "
08/01/2017 - "Six days after doxycycline administration, PCR with the buffy coat sample was negative but PCR with a crust tissue sample from the tick-bite site remained positive. "

01/01/2014 - "Indeed, the azithromycin cream was 100% effective when applied at up to 3 days after tick removal and protected 74% of mice exposed to tick bite when applied at up to 2 weeks after tick removal. "
01/01/2017 - "In this randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial done in 28 study sites in Germany and Austria, adults were equally assigned to receive topical 10% azithromycin or placebo twice daily for 3 consecutive days, within 72 h of a tick bite being confirmed. "
10/01/2015 - "Pretreatment characteristics in the 2 groups were comparable with the exception that patients in azithromycin group more often reported a tick bite at the site of later EM (69% versus 52%; P = 0.0400), had more often EM on the trunk (50% versus 26%; P = 0.0025) and reported longer duration of symptoms (median 3 versus 2 days; P = 0.0283). "
01/01/2014 - "Azithromycin cream was also protective when applied at a site distal to the tick bite site, suggesting that it was having a systemic effect in addition to a local transdermal effect. "
01/01/2002 - "A randomized clinical trial was undertaken to compare clinical and serologic parameters of the efficacy of one-dose azithromycin in the prophylaxis of Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) in 122 persons with a tick bite history. "

12/01/2019 - "afzelii transmitted to their offspring maternal antibodies that provided highly efficient but strain-specific protection against a natural tick bite challenge. "
05/08/2023 - "Therefore, we aimed to study the dynamics of anti-Borrelia antibodies in forestry service workers over 8 years in association with tick bite exposure. "
03/05/2021 - "A total of 113 individuals exposed to tick bites were recruited for the study and screened for anti-TBEV antibodies using a commercial indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFA) test. "
06/01/2017 - "The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of CCHFV in ticks from Cáceres, and from other Spanish areas, and to evaluate the presence of antibodies against the virus in individuals exposed to tick bites. "
07/14/2015 - "This study aims to assess whether general function, physical fitness and subjective health complaints are associated with tick bites or antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in blood donors. "

12/31/2019 - "This study of farmworkers identified gaps in the knowledge of TBDs, barriers of the tick bite preventive measures and information needs. "
12/31/2019 - "This qualitative study aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of the farmworkers' experience, knowledge, health beliefs, information needs, and preventive practices of tick bites and TBDs. "
01/01/2019 - "To better understand the association between self-reported tick bites and symptoms versus actual exposure to TBDs, this study paired serological data with 335 surveys administered to Mongolian herders, ages 12-69, from 2014 to 2015. "
10/16/2023 - "More than 70% of the population visit the forests on a regular basis, with 65.7% of the population regularly exposed to tick bites; however, only 47.7% were aware of TBDs. "
01/01/2023 - "Still, residents expressed concern regarding TBDs, with increased levels of concern associated with increased likelihood of paying for tick control and for practicing tick bite prevention strategies. "

12/01/2021 - "It is thought that the vector for preexposure to alpha-gal is antigen inoculation via tick bites. "
01/01/2019 - "mitochondrii and tick salivary glands should be investigated and incorporated in a multi-antigen test for tick bite diagnosis."
08/01/2017 - "Western blot analysis with rIrAV422 as an antigen confirmed the presence of tick bite markers in all analysed dogs. "
03/01/2017 - "burgdorferi antigen was significantly higher in the group of farmers exposed to repeated tick bites. "
09/01/2013 - "Antibody responses to tick salivary antigens have been proposed as an alternative marker of exposure to tick bites. "

01/01/2015 - "burgdorferi isolate M3 (OspC group B) by needle inoculation or tick bite. "
09/01/2014 - "ospC-PCR was positive in 40% of the patients revealing 12 different groups, noninvasive forms being seen only in tick bite reactions and erythema migrans. "
07/01/1999 - "We define three categories of major ospC groups: one that is common in ticks but very rarely if ever causes human disease, a second that causes only local infection at the tick bite site, and a third that causes systemic disease. "
01/01/2015 - "All tick-borne microbes benefit from the immunosuppression at the tick bite site; in addition, borreliae exploit the binding of Salp15 to their outer surface protein C (OspC) for enhanced transmission. "
01/01/2020 - "The relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia hermsii and the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto each produces an abundant, orthologous, outer membrane protein, Vtp and OspC, respectively, when transmitted by tick bite. "

10/01/1997 - "Immunization with a polyvalent OspA vaccine protects mice against Ixodes ricinus tick bites infected by Borrelia burgdorferi ss, Borrelia garinii and Borrelia afzelii."
06/01/2005 - "A recombinant outer surface protein A (OspA) vaccine was approximately 80% effective in clinical trials in the United States, and a single 200 mg dose of doxycycline given within 72 hours of an I. scapularis tick bite, was shown to be 87% effective. "

01/01/2021 - "In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of DNA vaccines against Borrelia OspC or tick antigens in a tick-bite infection model. "

07/26/2023 - "Models also predicted that those participants who disagreed with the conventional scientific view on the antibiotic prophylaxis prevention statement were less likely to be confident in their ability to protect themselves from a tick bite. "
01/01/2018 - "Assessment of Duration of Tick Feeding by the Scutal Index Reduces Need for Antibiotic Prophylaxis After Ixodes scapularis Tick Bites."
10/01/2015 - "Tick bites: monitor closely, without routine antibiotic prophylaxis ."
07/19/2008 - "Antibiotic prophylaxis after a tick bite is not recommended. "
03/01/2006 - "Empiric antibiotic prophylaxis for patients with tick bites."

10/16/2023 - "About 47.4% of the respondents took precautions like therapeutics and natural remedies to avoid tick bites. "
02/26/2014 - "To describe the everyday management of tick bites by different healthcare professionals and to compare this management to evidence-based therapy guidelines. "
10/23/2003 - "[Therapy after tick bite. "
11/01/1988 - "Neither had received prophylactic therapy at the time of the reported tick bite."
02/02/2017 - "Although this patient's history was without reported tick bite or exposure to a known host for Lyme disease, the authors believe that the patient's history and physical exam was definitive enough to warrant the start of IV therapy with telemetry monitoring upon first presentation. "

02/26/2014 - "We conclude that the performance of the healthcare providers that integrate this study does not closely follow general recommendations for extraction, treatment and follow-up care in patients with tick bites. "
01/01/2011 - "The current case is unique because of the delayed onset of ophthalmic complications after the tick bite, its unilateral nature, dramatic improvement in acuity after treatment, and lack of associated rash."
06/27/2011 - "However, in the present case, a 61 year-old male who suffered a tick bite and was treated prophylactically with amoxicillin without clavulanic acid presented with pharmacologically induced hepatitis 20 days after treatment."

06/01/2023 - "Eighty-four per cent of the pastoralists do not wear protective clothing while herding their animals and 81.5% indicated to having been bitten by ticks, whereas hospital visit after tick bite was low (7.6%). "
10/08/2021 - "In 2019 compared to 2016, a greater part of the French population applied protective measures against tick bites, particularly wearing protective clothing (74% vs 66%, p < 0.001) and regular tick checks and prompt tick removal after exposure (54% vs 47%, p < 0.001). "
01/01/2017 - "The results suggest that even though LD awareness was found to be high (with only 12% of the respondents reporting that they never heard about LD), less than half of the Canadians who heard about it have adopted specific preventive behaviours toward tick bites, such as regular tick checks (reported by 52%), protective clothing (50%), using tick repellent (41%) or shower or bath (41%) after visiting a wooded area in a LD risk area. "
10/30/2013 - "Although preventing tick bites (eg, by wearing protective clothing or using repellants) and checking for tick bites after visiting a risk area are effective and cost-efficient methods to prevent an individual from contracting a tick-borne disease, public compliance to these methods is low. "
07/01/2007 - "Today, the best methods are preventive: protective clothing, tick repellents, checking and removal of ticks after a journey in an endemic zone, and in case of tick bite, regular examination of the bite site during the following weeks in order to initiate an early curative treatment if ECM is diagnosed. "

07/15/2022 - "The most common mode of transmission was tick bite (60.9%), followed by blood transfusion (8.2%). "
01/01/2015 - "The main route is by a tick bite, the second is via blood transfusion. "
04/30/2012 - "Epidemiological information revealed that this case had a history of blood transfusion and tick bites. "
08/01/2007 - "The patient did not remember a tick bite but acknowledged having received several blood transfusions in her recent medical history. "
12/01/2022 - "Human babesiosis is caused by Babesia duncani that is transmitted through tick bites, blood transfusions, and transplacental transmission. "