Missouri Physicians Sought for Study on Erythema Migrans (EM) Rashes

Tick-Borne Disease

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is requesting participation in a study to evaluate the hypothesis that a Borrelia organism other than B. burgdorferi is causing a Lyme-like disease called Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI) in the southern United States and adjoining states. The documents below are the CDC protocols and consent forms necessary to enroll physicians and their patients in this study.

A Study to Determine the Etiology of Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI) in the United States - Protocol (.pdf)

Master file for collaborators (.pdf)
This is a large file of eleven documents (32 pages).  Listed below are the individual documents contained in the Master file for collaborators.

1. Summary of Instructions – Study to Determine the Etiology of Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI) in the United States
2. Individual Investigator Agreement
3. Belmont Report
4. Physician Instructions for Collecting and Handling Clinical Specimens and Data – Study of Patients with Tick Bite-Associated Rash Lesions of Unknown Etiology in the Southern United States
5. Tick Associated Rash Study – Adult Consent/Parental Permission/Adolescent Assent Form
6. Tick Associated Rash Study – Assent Form for Minors 7 – 14 Years Old
7. Collection of Social Security Numbers for Payments to Research Subjects
8. Laboratory Submission form for STARI Specimens (CDC)
9. Wound Care Instructions Sheet
10. Shipping Instructions
11. Itemized List of Contents

Click on link to see a photo of a STARI rash (erythema migrans) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s STARI web page. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/stari/index.htm