4/4/2016 1 Lyme Disease in Nova Scotia Nancy MacVicar, Manager Public Health, Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Northern Zone Objectives What is Lyme Disease? How is Lyme Disease transmitted? What is the prevalence in Nova Scotia and endemic Areas? What do I do if I get Lyme Disease? How do I prevent of Lyme Disease?
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Lyme Disease in Nova Scotia
Nancy MacVicar, Manager Public Health,
Communicable Disease Prevention and Control
Northern Zone
Objectives
What is Lyme Disease?
How is Lyme Disease transmitted?
What is the prevalence in Nova Scotia and endemic Areas?
What do I do if I get Lyme Disease?
How do I prevent of Lyme Disease?
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What is Lyme Disease?
• First identified in Lyme, Connecticut in 1975-76
• First identified endemic area in Canada: Long Point
peninsula, Lake Erie, ON
• Caused by a bacteria: Borrelia burgdorferi
• Transmitted from blacklegged ticks to humans
• Most common disease transmitted by insects in
North America
Black Legged Tick
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Lyme Disease in Nova Scotia
Incidence of Lyme Disease
• Lyme Disease in humans is reported to Public Health
• Majority of cases are linked to known endemic areas where Black Legged Ticks are known to carry Lyme Disease