2024
Tick-borne infections in children in North America
Taylor-Salmon E, Shapiro E. Tick-borne infections in children in North America. Current Opinion In Pediatrics 2024, 36: 156-163. PMID: 38167816, PMCID: PMC10932821, DOI: 10.1097/mop.0000000000001326.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2000
Lyme Disease
Shapiro E, Gerber M. Lyme Disease. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2000, 31: 533-542. PMID: 10987718, DOI: 10.1086/313982.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLyme diseaseCommon vector borne diseaseSeventh cranial nerve palsyOnly nonspecific symptomsCranial nerve palsyAnnular rashNerve palsyNonspecific symptomsAseptic meningitisSymptomatic infectionFrequent manifestationCommon causeActual morbidityPossible diagnosisSerological testsMost personsDiseaseBorrelia burgdorferiSymptomsVector borne diseasesBorne diseasesFrequent useManifestationsUnited StatesCause
1994
Lyme Disease
Baltimore R, Shapiro E. Lyme Disease. Pediatrics In Review 1994, 15: 167-173. PMID: 8036192, DOI: 10.1542/pir.15-5-167.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsLyme diseaseLyme borreliosisCommon vector-borne diseaseIxodes ticksNymphal Ixodes ticksUnexplained arthritisLyme arthritisClinical manifestationsBacterial etiologyClusters of childrenBorrelia burgdoferiMedical attentionSystemic infectionArthritisDistinct entityDiseaseBorrelia burgdorferiPencil pointVector-borne diseasesBorreliosisTicksWood tickPatientsEtiologyYearsLyme Disease
Baltimore R, Shapiro E. Lyme Disease. Pediatrics In Review 1994, 15: 167-173. DOI: 10.1542/pir.15.5.167.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsLyme diseaseLyme borreliosisCommon vector-borne diseaseIxodes ticksNymphal Ixodes ticksUnexplained arthritisLyme arthritisClinical manifestationsBacterial etiologyClusters of childrenBorrelia burgdoferiMedical attentionSystemic infectionArthritisDistinct entityDiseaseBorrelia burgdorferiPencil pointVector-borne diseasesBorreliosisTicksWood tickPatientsEtiologyYears
1992
A Controlled Trial of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Lyme Disease after Deer-Tick Bites
Shapiro E, Gerber M, Holabird N, Berg A, Feder H, Bell G, Rys P, Persing D. A Controlled Trial of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Lyme Disease after Deer-Tick Bites. New England Journal Of Medicine 1992, 327: 1769-1773. PMID: 1435930, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199212173272501.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeer tick biteRisk of infectionProphylactic antimicrobial treatmentLyme diseaseB. burgdorferiAntimicrobial treatmentDeer ticksPlacebo-controlled trialPlacebo-treated subjectsCare of personsAsymptomatic seroconversionAntimicrobial prophylaxisErythema migransClinical manifestationsPolymerase chain reactionLate manifestationPlaceboDiseaseSerum samplesInfectionBorrelia burgdorferiBiteChain reactionAmoxicillinBurgdorferi