Tick Talk 2022
In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” Justin Kreuter, M.D., sits down with Bobbi Pritt, M.D., professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and division chair for the Department of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic, to discuss why this year’s tick
Lab Medicine Rounds · Mayo Clinic Laboratories
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Show Notes
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
00:42 What does the tick season look like this year? Is it true that is has been predicted to be a severe tick season?
01:20 What are the different things that influence the tick season?
03:49 What does “severe tick summer” mean for all of us working and learning in the hospital?
05:08 Have you been getting invitations to talk to some of our clinical colleagues about that differential diagnosis?
05:53 There has been a lot of concern over “superbugs”, are tick-borne diseases evolving as well?
07:30 Going forward, is it going to get worse? What are the experts in the community saying?
09:11 You do a lot of research in the field. I was curious if you have a favorite story about those experiences of leading some students and colleagues into the field to do this tick-based research?
11:48 Outro
Resources:
The Essentials of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases