+Crusso Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 Just saw a news article on a new species of tick that's come to town. Called the "Lone Star" tick. Evidently it's no longer restricted to the southwest. It's tiny & 5% of it's bites result in a fatality. Hate to be defeatest but everyone should know what this nasty fella looks like. http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegal/ticks/ Wherever you go, there you are! Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 Fuel for the fire: http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/112fd6.htm http://home.earthlink.net/~robstitt/tick.htm Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Crusso:Called the "Lone Star" tick. Evidently it's no longer restricted to the southwest. It's tiny & 5% of it's bites result in a fatality. You might want to post a source for that statistic. As far as I can tell, almost everything you wrote is wrong. First, the tick is most prevalent in the southeast; its range does not extend to the southwest. Second, no way do 5% of the bites result in a fatality. The mortality rate for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is about 5%, as is that of ehrliciosis, another tick-borne infection. But the infection rate per bite is quite small; most ticks are not infected. Here are some links to information: Description Info from the CDC More info [This message was edited by fizzymagic on July 21, 2003 at 11:46 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+Polgara Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Renegade Knight:Fuel for the fire: http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/112fd6.htm ] Well they kicked it in dogs... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12710774&dopt=Abstract Perhaps the doxycycline will work for humans too, hopefully. "The more I study nature, the more I am amazed at the Creator." - Louis Pasteur Quote Link to comment
+Acc-Risk and Snarflax Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 Contents Under Pressure... Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 Typical media alarmism. The tick and ehrlichiosis have been around for years. "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat:Typical media alarmism. The tick and ehrlichiosis have been around for years. _"Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry_ The older I get the more ways I learn the world has to kill me off. It's beginning to make me wonder if I'm going to get out of this life alive. Quote Link to comment
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