Ticks: The Real Vampires - produced for the Discovery Channel - refers to both North American + European infectioins - an excellent example / teaching tool of tick exposure; attachment; feeding; removal; discussion of bacterial + viral co-infections; symptoms; Tick Borne Enecephalities (EU); various patients interviewed including an Emergency Room MD; (Dr. Todd Murray, son of Polly Murray); stages of tick development; references to blood supply; Yale Dept of Public Health + U of New Haven research;/tick collection; tick mating (3,000 eggs); effects on geese (EU); vaccines for humans + animals; and more. - includes Dr. Gary Wormser of the IDSA commenting at the following time marks: 9:00-pathogens/problems 17:55-hecame from HIV/Aids background changed direction of research due to escalation of infections 19:53-fully expect other tick borne pathogens in the US/around the world 37:57-vaccine problems 46:50-immunization
Lyme Disease + Workplace Saftey - Maryland - employee is presumed to be infected while on the job vs. having to prove where infection occurred (i.e. BC Worker's Compensation Act)
