The Nuts and Bolts of Lyme Disease Prevention Laura Badeski Oral Vaccinations of Sciurus carolinensis to Reduce the Prevalence of Lyme borreliolis
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The Nuts and Bolts of Lyme Disease PreventionLaura Badeski
Oral Vaccinations of Sciurus carolinensis to
Reduce the Prevalence of Lyme borreliolis
Vector-Borne DiseaseSpread by Borrelia burgdoferi
Lyme Disease
Transmission Cycle
Lyme Disease Prevention
Protective clothing
Reduce host populations
Lyme Disease Prevention
Apply acaracides on hosts
Developed by SmithKline BeechamStimulates antibodies against OspA76% effective
LYMErix Vaccine
Vaccine available 1998-2002Speculated to cause arthritis
OspA to be used as an ecologicalprevention method
Theory
Recycles past researchRelatively low-risk
Objectives
Determine efficacy of OspA vaccineReduce B. burdorferi in Eastern Grey squirrels & ticksDecrease Lyme disease prevalence
White-footed mice vs.Eastern grey squirrels
Decrease B. burgdorferiDecrease Lyme disease
Hypothesis
Methods
Methods
Methods
Methods
Lyme disease prevalence survey
Drag sampling
Significance
Significance
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