Prophylaxis with Single-Dose Doxycycline for the Prevention of Lyme Disease after an Ixodes scapularis Tick Bite - Nadelman, Robert B; Nowakowski, John; Fish, Durland; Falco, Richard C; Freeman, Katherine; McKenna, Donna; Welch, Peter; Marcus, Robert; Agüero-Rosenfeld, Maria E; Dennis, David T; Wormser, Gary P (The New England journal of medicine, 2001)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage; Anti-Bacterial Agents - adverse effects; Antibacterial agents; Antibiotic Prophylaxis; Antibiotics; Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents; Bacterial diseases; Biological and medical sciences; Bites and Stings; Borrelia burgdorferi; Borrelia burgdorferi Group - isolation & purification; Borrelia infections; Child; Clinical trials; Double-Blind Method; doxycycline; Doxycycline - administration & dosage; Doxycycline - adverse effects; Drug therapy; Erythema Chronicum Migrans - prevention & control; Female; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Ixodes - growth & development; Ixodes scapularis; Ixodidae; Lyme disease; Lyme Disease - prevention & control; Lyme Disease - transmission; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Nymph; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Preventive medicine; Tropical bacterial diseases; USA, New York; Lyme disease; Chemoprophylaxis; Spirochaetaceae; Toxicity; Ixodes scapularis; Prevention; Acari; Bacteria; Adult; Ixodidae; Spirachaetosis; Human; Parasitiformes; Borrelia burgdorferi; Spirochaetales; Treatment efficiency; Tetracycline derivatives; Borrelia infection; Single dose; Infection; Arachnida; Chemotherapy; Treatment; Ixodida; Arthropoda; Doxycycline; Bacteriosis; Double blind study; Invertebrata