Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, 40 Sunshine Cottage Road, Skyline Office #2N-E14, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, Yale School of the Environment, New Haven, CT, USA.
Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2024 Nov;136(21-22):636-638. doi: 10.1007/s00508-024-02452-z. Epub 2024 Oct 1.
From 2011-2020 the number of reported cases of Lyme disease in the USA was lower in each even-numbered year compared with the preceding odd-numbered year. This observation suggests that fewer nymphal stage Ixodes scapularis ticks infected with Borrelia burgdorferi were present during even-numbered years in locations where people spend time.
从 2011 年到 2020 年,美国报告的莱姆病病例数量在偶数年份均低于前一年的奇数年份。这一观察结果表明,在人们活动的地点,偶数年份感染伯氏疏螺旋体的幼若虫阶段硬蜱数量较少。