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The American immigrant rodents already have previous convictions for decimating native red squirrel populations and damaging woodland by stripping bark from trees.
Now scientists have discovered that they host the bacteria responsible for Lyme disease, which if left untreated can lead to a chronic inflammatory disorder affecting the joints, nervous system and heart.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Dec;91(6):1154-5. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0437. Epub 2014 Oct 20. Raczniak GA1, Kato C2, Chung IH2, Austin A2, McQuiston JH2, Weis E2, Levy C2, Carvalho Mda G2, Mitchell A2, Bjork A2, Regan JJ2. Author information1Epidemic Intelligence Service, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, National Center for Emerging and…
Two decades ago, Wendy Aitken was told by her doctor that she suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, which causes pain and tenderness in one’s joints and body parts. Since husband Larry was in the military, the couple and their two children grew accustomed to moving from posting to posting, town to town, every…
Have we all not heard this government denial before in North America, Great Britain and some Western European countries while other countries simply deal with it? What’s up we ask? Now Australia too? Lyme disease sufferers rally for recognition TIM BARLASS 09 Sep, 2012 03:00 AM THERE is no conclusive evidence Lyme disease caused by…
A New Jersey lawmaker suggests the government turned ticks and insects into bioweapons to spread disease and possibly released them The US House of Representatives has called for an investigation into whether the spread of Lyme disease had its roots in a Pentagon experiment in weaponising ticks. The House approved an amendment proposed by a Republican congressman…
Jounral of Medical Microbiology Kerry L. Clark1, Brian F. Leydet2 and Clifford Threlkeld Correspondence Kerry L. Clark kclark@unf.edu Received 14 January 2014. Accepted 23 February 2014. Abstract The present study investigated the cause of illness in human patients primarily in the southern USA with suspected Lyme disease based on erythema migrans-like skin lesions and/or symptoms consistent with early…
Oct 31, 2014 A woman was left with a paralysed face after being bitten on the thigh by ticks. Claire Dean, 43, got Lyme disease after being bitten – and it has left her with Bell’s palsy and chronic fatigue syndrome. The mum of two told the Daily Record: “My face is still paralysed and…
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