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      Infestation of the Eyelid by an Egg-Laying Tick: Case Report

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          In this report, we describe a rare case of a tick egg-laying infestation of the eyelid. A 7-year-old girl consulted our hospital after a trip in Thailand for an itchy and painful eyelid. The first examination at the slit lamp showed the tick’s body attached to the left superior eyelid margin, surrounded by its eggs. The tick detached itself afterward and a tobramycin prophylactic treatment was introduced. The patient was put under surveillance and no signs of a tick-borne disease were described during the follow-up.

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          Relative encounter frequencies and prevalence of selected Borrelia, Ehrlichia, and Anaplasma infections in Amblyomma americanum and Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks from central New Jersey.

          Terry L Schulze, Robert Jordan, Christopher J. Schulze … (2005)
          To evaluate their relative importance in tick-borne disease transmission in New Jersey, host-seeking Amblyomma americanum (L.) and Ixodes scapularis Say adults and nymphs were collected during spring activity periods in 2003 and 2004 to determine relative frequencies at which these ticks were encountered from an area known to be hyperendemic for Lyme disease. Although similar numbers of the two species were encountered during early spring of both years, A. americanum were encountered more often later in the season and exhibited a longer activity period than I. scapularis. A. americanum nymphs were collected at frequencies between 2.6 and 7.3 times higher than I. scapularis nymphs. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of 121 A. americanum adults yielded infection prevalences of 9.1% for Borrelia lonestari, 12.3% for Ehrlichia chaffeenensis, and 8.2% for E. ewingii, and coinfection prevalences of 4.1% for E. chaffeensis/E. ewingii and 0.8% for E. chaffeensis/B. lonestari. Infection prevalences in 147 I. scapularis adults were 50.3% for B. burgdorferi, 6.1% for Anaplasma (Ehrlichia) phagocytophilum, and 1.4% for a recently described novel Borrelia species, whereas the coinfection prevalences were 2.7% for B. burgdorferi/A. phagocytophilum, 0.7% for B. burgdorferi/novel Borrelia, and 0.7% for A. phagocytophilum/novel Borrelia. The B. burgdorferi infection prevalence in I. scapularis was considerably higher than that in A. americanum. However, the higher A. americanum encounter frequencies compared with I. scapularis may result in increased risk of acquiring exposure to A. americanum-transmitted pathogens. The potential public health implications of these results are discussed.
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            The heat is on: Killing blacklegged ticks in residential washers and dryers to prevent tickborne diseases

            Alan Graham, Paul S. Mead, Marc Dolan … (2016)
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              Ixodes tick infestation of the eyelid of a child.

              Mandeep Jit Singh, Ponnampalam Gopalakrishnakone, Ronald Yeoh (2006)
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                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Case Rep Ophthalmol
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Case Rep Ophthalmol
                Journal ID (hwp): COP
                Journal ID (publisher-id): COP
                Title: Case Reports in Ophthalmology
                Publisher: S. Karger AG (Basel, Switzerland )
                ISSN (Electronic): 1663-2699
                Publication date (Electronic): 7 July 2023
                Publication date Collection: Jan-Dec 2023
                Publication date PMC-release: 7 July 2023
                Volume: 14
                Issue: 1
                Pages: 278-281
                Affiliations
                [a ]Department of Ophthalmology, CHU Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium
                [b ]Department of Internal Medicine, CHU Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
                Author notes
                Correspondence to: Sina Hakami, hakamisina@ 123456hotmail.com
                Article
                Publisher ID: 530751
                DOI: 10.1159/000530751
                PMC ID: 10359679
                PubMed ID: 37485246
                SO-VID: f69e7045-8401-4d5f-b8ff-a698bdfd3c96
                Copyright © © 2023 The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel
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                This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) ( http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.

                History
                Date received : 23 January 2023
                Date accepted : 12 April 2023
                Date: 2023
                Page count
                Figures: 2, References: 10, Pages: 4
                Funding
                This study did not receive any funding.
                Categories
                Subject: Case Report

                Keywords: tick,eyelid,infestation
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                Keywords: tick, eyelid, infestation

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