Volume 7, Issue 2 (2025) Summer 2025 - Focus on Tick-borne Diseases
Invited Editorials
Dedication to Peter Rand, MD
Robert P. Smith
Original Research
Passive Tick Surveillance at The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab: A 6 Year Retrospective
Thomas F. Rounsville, Griffin M. Dill, Ann M. Bryant, Alyssa G. Marini, Alaina C. Woods, John S. Nugent, Olivia N. Choi, and James F. Dill
Current Status, Public Health Implications, and Potential Future Establishment of Amblyomma americanum, the Lone Star Tick, in Maine
Charles Lubelczyk, Molly Meagher, and Curtis Bartiromo
Spectrum of Pediatric Babesia Infection: A Retrospective Case Series
Carol A McCarthy, Susan P Elias, and Robert P Smith
High Incidence of Tick-Borne Disease in Midcoastal Maine and Possible Contributing Factors
Susan P. Elias and Robert P. Smith
Case Reports
Infant with Fever and Splenomegaly—Time is Ticking
Brianne C. Drury, Molly W. Olmsted, Gabriela M. DeOliveira, Amanda Goddard, and Lorraine L. McElwain
An Unusual Rash in an Infant: Expanding the Differential Diagnosis for Sepsis in an Infant Younger than 3 Months
Jennifer Jubulis, Amanda Goddard, and Carol McCarthy
Ulceroglandular Tularemia in a Pediatric Patient in Maine After a Trip to Martha’s Vineyard
Calvin Schaffer, Kevin Burke, and Amanda Goddard
A Pediatric Coinfection with Babesia microti and Plasmodium falciparum
Haris Sohail, Sarah Bly, and Sara Robinson
A Case of Anaplasmosis Infection with Rash and Coinfection or Antibody Cross-Reactivity
Lucy Algeo and Christina Lincoln
Early Disseminated Lyme Disease with Multiple Cranial Neuropathy
Brooke Horowitch, William Einhorn, and Hadeel Zainah
Reviews
Tick-borne Diseases: New Territory, New Agents
Robert Smith and Sam R. Telford III
A Review of Trends and Contributing Factors in Tick-borne Disease Surveillance in Maine, 2001–2024
Sara Robinson, Haris Sohail, and Megan Porter
An Overview of the History, Ecology, and Phylogeny of Powassan Virus in Maine
Rebecca M. Robich, Haris Sohail, and Robert P. Smith
Commentary
Lyme Disease: A Call for A One Health Approach
Kathleen F. Gensheimer
