RE: [Lyme-Aid] Does the tick have to be on you for 24 hours to infect?

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New research has shown the infections can be passed faster. \

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\1 - Lyme_Resources\Research\LymeInfo sci Clinical evidence for rapid

transmission of Lyme disease following a tickbite.txt

I bet you know someone who has Chronic Lyme and doesn't realize it yet!

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Clinical evidence for rapid transmission of Lyme disease following a

tickbite Eleanor D. Hynote, Phyllis C. Mervine, Raphael B. Stricker

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, online before print,

November 20, 2011.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.10.003

Abstract

Lyme disease transmission to humans by Ixodes ticks is thought to require at

least 36–48 h of tick attachment. We describe 3 cases in which transmission

of Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochetal agent of Lyme disease, appears to

have occurred in less than 24 h based on the degree of tick engorgement,

clinical signs of acute infection, and immunologic evidence of acute Lyme

disease.

Health care providers and individuals exposed to ticks should be aware that

transmission of Lyme disease may occur more rapidly than animal models

suggest. A diagnosis of Lyme disease should not be ruled out based on a

short tick attachment time in a subject with clinical evidence of B.

burgdorferi infection.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.10.003

> [Lyme-Aid] Does the tick have to be on you for 24

> hours to infect?

>

> I'm sorry if this a question that has been asked a million

> times, but I've heard that if you get a tick off within 24

> hours of being bitten then you cannot get Lyme -- or that the

> risk is substantially decreased?   Is this true?  I have a

> feeling that it's false, but I'm not sure.

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

>

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Thank you so much. It's pretty worrisome that most people don't have this information. Subject: RE: [Lyme-Aid] Does the tick have to be on you for 24 hours to infect?To: Lyme-Aid , "'Lyme and autism'" <BorreliaMultipleInfectionsAndAutism >Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 8:45 AM

New research has shown the infections can be passed faster. \

Below is a post from my free lyme resource cd:

\1 - Lyme_Resources\Research\LymeInfo sci Clinical evidence for rapid

transmission of Lyme disease following a tickbite.txt

I bet you know someone who has Chronic Lyme and doesn't realize it yet!

www.lyme-resource.com

Clinical evidence for rapid transmission of Lyme disease following a

tickbite Eleanor D. Hynote, Phyllis C. Mervine, Raphael B. Stricker

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, online before print,

November 20, 2011.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.10.003

Abstract

Lyme disease transmission to humans by Ixodes ticks is thought to require at

least 36–48 h of tick attachment. We describe 3 cases in which transmission

of Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochetal agent of Lyme disease, appears to

have occurred in less than 24 h based on the degree of tick engorgement,

clinical signs of acute infection, and immunologic evidence of acute Lyme

disease.

Health care providers and individuals exposed to ticks should be aware that

transmission of Lyme disease may occur more rapidly than animal models

suggest. A diagnosis of Lyme disease should not be ruled out based on a

short tick attachment time in a subject with clinical evidence of B.

burgdorferi infection.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.10.003

> [Lyme-Aid] Does the tick have to be on you for 24

> hours to infect?

>

> I'm sorry if this a question that has been asked a million

> times, but I've heard that if you get a tick off within 24

> hours of being bitten then you cannot get Lyme -- or that the

> risk is substantially decreased? Is this true? I have a

> feeling that it's false, but I'm not sure.

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

>