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      Repellent efficacy of four commercial DEET lotions against Amblyomma hebraeum (Acari: Ixodidae), the principal vector of Rickettsia africae in southern Africa

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          Ticks and tickborne bacterial diseases in humans: an emerging infectious threat.

          Ticks are currently considered to be second only to mosquitoes as vectors of human infectious diseases in the world. Each tick species has preferred environmental conditions and biotopes that determine the geographic distribution of the ticks and, consequently, the risk areas for tickborne diseases. This is particularly the case when ticks are vectors and reservoirs of the pathogens. Since the identification of Borrelia burgdorferi as the agent of Lyme disease in 1982, 15 ixodid-borne bacterial pathogens have been described throughout the world, including 8 rickettsiae, 3 ehrlichiae, and 4 species of the Borrelia burgdorferi complex. This article reviews and illustrate various aspects of the biology of ticks and the tickborne bacterial diseases (rickettsioses, ehrlichioses, Lyme disease, relapsing fever borrelioses, tularemia, Q fever), particularly those regarded as emerging diseases. Methods are described for the detection and isolation of bacteria from ticks and advice is given on how tick bites may be prevented and how clinicians should deal with patients who have been bitten by ticks.
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            Mosquitoes and mosquito repellents: a clinician's guide.

            This paper is intended to provide the clinician with the detailed and scientific information needed to advise patients who seek safe and effective ways of preventing mosquito bites. For this review, clinical and analytical data were selected from peer-reviewed research studies and review articles, case reports, entomology texts and journals, and government and industry publications. Relevant information was identified through a search of the MEDLINE database, the World Wide Web, the Mosquito-L electronic mailing list, and the Extension Toxicology Network database; selected U.S. Army, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. Department of Agriculture publications were also reviewed. N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (DEET) is the most effective, and best studied, insect repellent currently on the market. This substance has a remarkable safety profile after 40 years of worldwide use, but toxic reactions can occur (usually when the product is misused). When DEET-based repellents are applied in combination with permethrin-treated clothing, protection against bites of nearly 100% can be achieved. Plant-based repellents are generally less effective than DEET-based products. Ultrasonic devices, outdoor bug "zappers," and bat houses are not effective against mosquitoes. Highly sensitive persons may want to take oral antihistamines to minimize cutaneous reactions to mosquito bites.
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              Rickettsia africae, a tick-borne pathogen in travelers to sub-Saharan Africa.

              African tick-bite fever occurs after contact with ticks that carry Rickettsia africae and that parasitize cattle and game. Sporadic reports suggest that this infection has specific clinical and epidemiologic features. We studied patients who were tested for a rickettsial disease after returning from a visit to Africa or Guadeloupe. To assess the value of the microimmunofluorescence assay, Western blotting, and cross-adsorption assays, we compared the results of these tests in 39 patients in whom African tick-bite fever had been confirmed by the polymerase-chain reaction assay, cell culture, or both; 50 patients with documented R. conorii infection; and 50 blood donors. These diagnostic criteria were then applied to 376 additional patients who had returned from southern Africa and 2 who had returned from Guadeloupe and whose serum was being tested for rickettsial disease. In the 39 patients with direct evidence of R. africae infection, the combination of microimmunofluorescence assay, Western blotting, and cross-adsorption assays showing antibodies specific for R. africae had a sensitivity of 0.56; however, each test had a positive predictive value and a specificity of 1.0. An additional 80 patients were found to have an R. africae infection on the basis of these serologic criteria. Infections with R. africae were acquired by visitors to 11 African countries and Guadeloupe. The illness was generally mild and was characterized by a rash in 46 percent of the patients; the rash was usually maculopapular or vesicular and rarely purpuric. Ninety-five percent of patients had an inoculation eschar or eschars, and 54 percent of these patients had multiple eschars, a finding that is unusual in patients with rickettsial infection. In this series, R. africae was the cause of nearly all cases of tick-bite rickettsiosis in patients who became ill after a trip to sub-Saharan Africa.
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                Journal
                Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
                Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
                Elsevier BV
                00359203
                September 2005
                September 2005
                : 99
                : 9
                : 708-711
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                10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.01.006
                013ccb51-a83d-4569-9acd-e0f24b8b12c6
                © 2005
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