预防蜱虫叮咬和莱姆病的方法。
Methods to Prevent Tick Bites and Lyme Disease.
作者信息
Ogden Nick H, Lindsay L Robbin, Schofield Steven W
机构信息
National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, 3200 Sicotte, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec J2S 7C6, Canada.
National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, 1015 Arlington Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3R2, Canada.
出版信息
Clin Lab Med. 2015 Dec;35(4):883-99. doi: 10.1016/j.cll.2015.07.003. Epub 2015 Aug 28.
Current approaches for prevention of tick bites, Lyme disease, and other tick-borne diseases are described. Particular attention is paid to 4 risk-reduction strategies: (i) avoiding risk areas; (ii) personal protective measures that reduce the risk of tick bites or transmission of the agent of Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi; (iii) reducing the number of infected ticks in the environment; and (iv) use of prophylactic antibiotic treatments following a bite to prevent clinical Lyme disease.
本文描述了目前预防蜱虫叮咬、莱姆病和其他蜱传疾病的方法。特别关注了4种降低风险的策略：(i) 避开风险区域；(ii) 采取个人防护措施，降低蜱虫叮咬或莱姆病病原体伯氏疏螺旋体传播的风险；(iii) 减少环境中受感染蜱虫的数量；(iv) 叮咬后使用预防性抗生素治疗以预防临床莱姆病。
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