Cave Fever - A Study Mapping Prevention Habits Among Cavers

Hello everyone,

I am Yoav, a cave enthusiast and a physician at Ichilov.

Recently I noticed that some of the hikers who were exposed to the cave tick take preventive treatment against borrelia, in order to reduce the chance of contracting the disease.

Because the effectiveness of the preventive treatment is not yet known, Dr. Yael Paran, a physician in infectious diseases and director of the Travelers' and Tropical Diseases Clinic at Ichilov, and I initiated the study.

In the study we are trying to map the prevention habits for cave fever among hikers.

The hope is that the results of the study will help in formulating recommendations for preventive treatment after spending time in caves.

If you were exposed to a tick in or near a cave, we would be grateful if you could fill out the attached questionnaires.

Exposure questionnaire - when you were exposed to a cave tick, where, and how you acted after the event. To be filled out after the stay in the cave.

Exposure questionnaire - http://goo.gl/forms/qUBBzZ5ke5



Disease follow-up questionnaire - whether you developed the disease. The questionnaire is to be filled out two to three weeks after the exposure.

Disease follow-up questionnaire - http://goo.gl/forms/6RpvLRQR62

Thank you for your cooperation,

Yael and Yoav

For any question you can contact me by email at Yoavbinen@gmail.com