MICROBIO 140P Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Anaplasma Phagocytophilum, Lyme Disease, Zoonosis
20 Mar 2016
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Tick testing service: tickreport. com: molecular detection of lyme disease agent and other pathogens in ticks using. Assessing risk using tickreport. com: identification of tick species: Is it known to transmit pathogens: assessment of feeding: Results based on highly accurate dna test. These are the species of ticks that inhabit massachusetts. Day seven is a picture of a female that would be about the size of a raisin. Individual benefits of tickreport. com: know if the tick has or does not have the pathogen surveillance benefits, know more about tick populations in mass and around the country. Exposure: come ticks care other pathogens like: anaplasma phagocytophilum (in cape cod 70/90 ticks tested positive for this) Tickreport. com is not meant to diagnose people: tick testing is research tool to aid epidemiological and zoonotic research. Flag/drag sampling: when a surveyor takes a cloth, puts it on the end of a pole and drags it through shrubs and grass to pick up ticks.
