Could Treating Deer with a Pill that Kills Ticks on Dogs Eliminate Lyme Disease from Humans?

Am J Med. 2024 Sep;137(9):801-802. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.04.038. Epub 2024 May 10.

Authors

Gary P Wormser¹, Thomas N Mather², Stephen M Rich³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla. Electronic address: gwormser@nymc.edu.
² Center for Vector-borne Disease, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI; New England Center of Excellence in Vector-borne Diseases, Amherst, Mass.
³ New England Center of Excellence in Vector-borne Diseases, Amherst, Mass; Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

PMID: 38735353
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.04.038

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Animals
Deer* / parasitology
Dog Diseases / drug therapy
Dogs
Humans
Lyme Disease* / drug therapy
Ticks