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😱 Misschien kan Arnold van Vliet (wur.nl/nl/Personen/Arnold-van-) uitwerpselen van teken op de Veluwe en in Landgoed den Treek onderzoeken op mensenbloed.

Indien blijkt dat teken ook mensen bijten (en daarbij de Borrelia-bacterie kunnen overdragen, hetgeen onder andere tot de ziekte van Lyme kan leiden), sluit ik niet uit dat ook teken zullen moeten worden afgeschoten.

WUR · dr.ir. AJH (Arnold) van Vliet
#Wolf#Wolven#Teken
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Oh ffs. Just found another one..

And attached a photo (own work, some years ago) of what a #Lyme / #Borrelia infection looks like. Days to weeks after an infection (#tick bite) this circle can appear anywhere on the body (thus not only where the tickhole was). It will fade out in a day or two but that means the infection is in your body: go to your doctor and get antibiotics!

Someone mentioned #TBE as well. This is now endemic in many european regions. And there's a vaccin! Worth looking into.

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Über 4% der Kinder in Deutschland hatten messbaren Immunkontakt mit #Borrelia burgdorferi. Ältere Kinder häufiger als jüngere.
Weitere bevölkerungsrepräsentative Studien sind wichtig, um zeitliche Trends (evtl. auch durch Klimafaktoren) erkennen zu können.

➡️ rki.de/kiggs

www.rki.deRKI - Studie zur Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Deutschland (KiGGS)Die Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Deutschland steht im Vordergrund der KiGGS-Studie des Robert Koch-Instituts.

I'm looking through some of our recent data using a glowing (luciferace) #Borrelia bacteria (which causes #Lyme disease) and noticing that often the infection spreads to the right foot before the left (look carefully at the right feet in day 14 image on the right). Their right ankles consistently also swell much more than their left ankles in this #infection model. So I'm puzzling over this and if there's a contribution of handedness in infection outcomes. Any thoughts?