Installation Pest Profile, United States Military Academy, 
West Point, NY, 27 March-13 November 1989

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Activity - North
Fort George G. Meade, Maryland 20755-5225

[Seal of Department of Defense, United States of America]

REPLY TO ATTENTION OF: HSHB-AN-P (40)                       05 MAR 1990

MEMORANDUM FOR Commander, U.S. Army MEDDAC, ATTN:  HSVD-PM, United States 
                    Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996

SUBJECT:  Installation Pest Profile No. 16-61-0555-90, United States 
Military Academy, West Point, NY, 27 March-13 November 1989

1.  REFERENCES.

   a.  AR 40-5, Preventive Medicine, 30 August 1986.

   b.  AR 420-76, Pest Management, 3 June 1986.

   c.  HSC Pamphlet 40-3, Environmental Health Program, 28 October 1985.

   d.  U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency (USAEHA) Technical Guide No. 
102, Guide for the Conduct of Installation Pest Surveillance Programs, 
September 1977.

2.  AUTHORITY.

   a.  Memorandum, USAEHA, ATTN:  HSHB-M, 20 March 1989, subject:  USAEHA 
Schedule of Field Services.

   b.  Memorandum, HSC, ATTN:  HSCL-P, 12 July 1989, subject:  Request for 
Installation Pest Management Reviews for FY89.

3,  PURPOSE.  To provide the Installation Medical Authority entomological 
support in their Pest Surveillance Program with emphasis on tick 
identification and screening for the etiologic agents of Lyme Disease 
(Borrelia burgdorferi) and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (Rickettsia 
rickettsii).

4.  TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.  Further technical assistance may be obtained as 
detailed in Enclosure (Encl) 2.

5.  FINDINGS.  A total of 32 Ixodes dammini specimens (10 females; 3 males; 
19 nymphs) submitted between 27 March and 13 November 1989 were tested for 
the presence of B. burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme Disease Encl 1. 
Of the 32 I. dammini  assayed, none were positive.  Specimens submitted 
also contained 3 female Dermacentor variabilis which were not tested for B. 
burgdorferi or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever due to their condition.

6.  Further information pertaining to these results can be obtained by 
contacting Mr. Karl Neidhardt or Mr. John Hildebrandt, 
AUTOVON 923-5281/6502.

FOR THE COMMANDER:

[signature]
HAROLD J. HARLAN
LTC, MS
Chief, Entomological Sciences
  Division

Encls


RESULTS OF IFA EXAMINATION OF
Ixodes dammini FOR LYME DISEASE SPIROCHETE

[Data omitted - data summarized in above report]