[va-bird] Re: FW: Fatal Tick-borne Disease - BEWARE
- From: "Glenn Koppel" <gjkoppel@xxxxxxx>
- To: <azure.jay2006@xxxxxxxxx>, <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:40:10 -0400
To second Jay's comments, Mary Alice also had Ehrlichiosis a couple of years
ago, caught from a tick bite while working on the Eastern Shore of MD.
According to her friends who live there, Ehrliciosis is rampant throughout
the eastern bay area. Luckily Mary Alice had a doctor who had treated this
before so knew the symptoms and she was treated right away.
The important thing to say is, ALWAYS, ALWAYS check yourself for ticks after
being in the field. We have been banding at Banshee Reeks lately and ticks
are everywhere up there.
Glenn Koppel
gjkoppel@xxxxxxx
Centreville, VA 20120-2901
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From: va-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:va-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Jay Keller
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 1:02 PM
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [va-bird] FW: Fatal Tick-borne Disease - BEWARE
VA-Birders,
I found this posted on MDOsprey regarding a potentially fatal tick-borne
disease. I included a link below with facts specifically on this relatively
newly-described disease.
Jay
Subject: Fwd: Very important! Dave Evans cause of death
From: Laurie Larson <llarson AT Princeton.EDU>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 13:36:23 -0400
Jerseybirders, Dave Evans' family wants this information to reach the
birding
community: Begin forwarded message: > From: Judy Evans Vinosky > Date:
June
9, 2006 > Subject: Very important! Dave Evans cause of death > > Dear
Laurie: >
> Thank you for posting the death of David Evans on the birding > site.
Many
of his birding contemporaries were able to attend the > memorial service.
We have gotten the preliminary report for his cause of death which >
should be
communicated to the birding community as quickly as > possible. David died
of
a tick borne disease called Ehrlichiosis. > The Infectious disease
specialists have suggested that anyone who > was birding in the areas that
he was during
the week prior to Big > Day (most of New Jersey) should probably have a
blood
test done for > Ehrlichiosis. The symptoms could be flu-like symptoms, or
just > general tiredness and lethargy. They stated that the disease is >
common
in Somerset and Hunterdon Counties, but is found throughout > the
Northeast
states, Texas and California. > > For those that knew David, they would
remember
that he was > exceptionally healthy. He ran the NYC marathon and played >
racquetball on a regular basis. This disease killed him in a VERY > short
time.
His wife Kitty and I would feel that we have neglected > our
responsibilities to
our friends and fellow birders if we did > not get the message out about
this
very dangerous disease. > > If at all possible, could you post this as a
warning to the birding > community so no one else will suffer our great
loss. > >
Thank you for everything. > > Judy Evans Vinosky > Ticks can carry _both_
Ehrlichiosis and Lyme bacteria at the same time, and victims can have both
infections. Ticks carry other diseases as well. More information on
tick-borne
diseases: www.ilads.org www.lymenet.org
http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/
Laurie
http://www.dhpe.org/infect/ehrlichiosis.html
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