US ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Entomological Sciences Program

Tick-Borne Disease Education

• Primary Tick-Borne Diseases of Humans in North America
  (PowerPoint Slide listing the eleven diseases of concern and the causative type of agent for each)
• Human Case Statistics
  •  CDC's State Cases of Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  • CDC's State Cases of Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (HME) and Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis (HGE)
  •   Maryland County Cases of Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
         (Reported to the Maryland State Department of Health, by county)
  •   Pennsylvania County Cases of Lyme Disease
         (Reported by the Pennsylvania State Department of Health)
• Fact Sheets
  • Animal Flea and Tick Collars are NOT for Human Use! (March 2006, 2 pages, pdf format)
  • Babesiosis (January 2006, 2 pages, pdf format) (Description, ecology, prevalence, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention)
  •   Deer Hunter Tick-Borne Disease Protection (March 2006, 1 page, pdf format)  (Specific tick-borne diseases of concern associated with deer hunting, personal protective techniques, proper handling of deer carcasses, tick removal, disease symptoms)
  •   DoD Insect Repellent System (October 2006, 2 pages, pdf format) (Description, personal protective measures, policy, repellent photos, safety)
  •   Human ehrlichiosis (April 2006, 2 pages, pdf format) (Description, history, symptoms, types of ehrlichiosis, diagnosis, treatment, vector, prevention)
    •  ARCHIVE: "Human Ehrlichiosis" (21 July 1994, Information paper in response to news reports regarding deaths associated with what was then a newly recognized tick-borne illness: human granulocytic ehrlichiosis).
  • Lyme Disease  (April 2006, 2 pages, pdf format)  (Description, geographic distribution, ecology, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention)
  • Powassan Encephalitis (April 2006, 2 pages, pdf format) (Description, history, prevalence, ecology, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention)
  • Protect Yourself from Tick-Borne Diseases   (January 2007, 2 pages, pdf format)(Photos and information on the three most common tick species that bite people, their life stages, the diseases they can cause, and prevention) 
  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever (April 2006, 2 pages, pdf format) (Description, ecology, prevalence, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention)
  • Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI)  (April 2006, 2 pages, pdf format)  (Description, ecology, epidemiology, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention).
  • Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever - Just the Facts 2006  (April 2006, 2 pages, pdf format) (Description, ecology, epidemiology, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention).
  • Tick Control Around the Home  (April 2006, 2 pages, pdf format)  (Tick facts, methods to reduce ticks around and in the home, chemical control options, personal protective techniques, color illustration of all stages of the blacklegged tick)
  • Tick Paralysis  (April 2006, 2 pages, pdf format)  (Description, ecology, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention)
  • Tick Removal  (April 2006, 1 page, pdf format)  (Detailed tick removal techniques, black & white illustrations)
  • Tularemia (April 2006, 2 pages, pdf format) (Description, routes of transmission, prevalence, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention)
•  Wallet/Pocket Cards   (Pull-down menu)
  • DOD Insect Repellent System/Defend Yourself Against Vector-Borne Diseases   (Unlimited edition, proponent U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine, wallet, 2003)
  • GTA 8-5-56 Tick-Borne Diseases   (Graphic Training Aid, wallet, proponent Army Medical Department Center & School, 1989)
  • Target Ticks for Disease Prevention/Stop Rodent-Borne Disease in its Tracks   (Limited edition, proponent U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine, wallet, 1997)
  • Target Ticks for Disease Prevention at the Boy Scout Jamboree/Follow the Rules of the Road  (Limited edition, proponent U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine for the Boy Scouts of America, wallet and sign, 1997)
  • Target Ticks for Disease Prevention in the Balkan Theater/Stop Rodent-Borne Disease in its Tracks in the Balkan Theater  (Limited edition, proponent U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine, wallet, 1996)
  • Avoiding Tick and Rodent-Borne Diseases in the Balkan Theater  (Limited edition, proponent U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine, pocket, 1996)
•  Educational Materials on Other Selected Sites (Sites found to be useful, but by no means all inclusive).
  •  Technical Guide No. 26, "Tick-Borne Diseases: Vector Surveillance and Control" Available electronically on the Armed Forces Pest Management Board's (AFPMB) website at: http://www.afpmb.org/pubs/tims/tims.htm
  •  Technical Guide No. 36, "Personal Protective Measures Against Insects and Other Arthropods of Military Significance."  (The Department of Defense's "Bible of Personal Protection against arthropod vectors of disease, routinely updated and electronically available on the Armed Forces Pest Management Board's (AFPMB) website at:  http://www.afpmb.org/pubs/tims/tims.htm
  •  "Protect Yourself Against Biting Insects" Force Health Protection Task and Task Summary -- Information Paper on DOD Personel Protective Measures, Armed Forces Pest Management Board (AFPMB), February 2001, http://www.afpmb.org/pubs/misc/ppms_infopaper.pdf
  •  "A Homeowner's Guide To: Assessment and Management of Vector Tick Populations in New Jersey" and " Tick-Borne Diseases of New Jersey" (New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, 1999) http://www.shore.co.monmouth.nj.us/06270_mcmec/tickborn.pdf
  •   Lyme Disease and Related Disorders (Pamphlet published by Pfizer Global Research & Development, Groton, CT 06340) http://www.lymediseaseinformation.com