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Section 2. Recommendations for Care of Children in Special Circumstances

PREVENTION OF TICKBORNE INFECTIONS

Tickborne infectious diseases in the United States include diseases caused by bacteria (eg, Lyme disease, tularemia, relapsing fever), rickettsia (eg, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis), viruses (eg, Colorado tick fever), and protozoa (eg, babesiosis) (see Table 2.21, p 196 and disease-specific chapters in Section 3). Different ticks transmit different infectious agents (eg, dog ticks transmit the agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever; deer ticks transmit the agent of Lyme disease), and some ticks may transmit more than one agent. Physicians should be aware of the epidemiology of tickborne infections in their local . . . [Go to Full Text]


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