Clinical trials: Tick Bites
Lyme Disease
Xenodiagnosis After Antibiotic Treatment for Lyme Disease
Background: The most common tick-borne illness in the United States, Lyme disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria that are transmitted to people by Ixodes scapularis ticks.
- Trial name
- NCT02446626
- Testing
- Skin biopsy, Blood draw, Xenodiagnosis
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Tick Bites, Tick-borne Illness
Tick-borne Illness and Clothing Study
The high risk of acquiring tick-borne diseases by outdoor workers is well documented. Workers most at risk include, foresters, park rangers, land surveyors and other outdoor workers have frequent exposure to tick-infested…
- Trial name
- TICS (NCT01454414)
- Testing
- Permethrin Impregnated Uniforms
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 159 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill