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No state budget to control ticks
Lyme and anaplasmosis and other tick borne diseases. Ten million spent on West Nile and nothing on Lyme disease. Proportionately, Lyme is far more severe and serious to the population.
Authors: Karmacharya P, Aryal MR Location: Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA 19611, United States. Citation: World J Cardiol 2013(May); 5(5): 148-150. DOI: 10.4330/wjc.v5.i5.148 Although Lyme carditis is relatively rare within 4-6 wk of exposure, it can uncommonly present as the first sign of disseminated Lyme disease. Here we present 17 year…
Neurosurgery Issue: Volume 30(5), May 1992, p 769-773 Copyright: Copyright (C) by the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Publication Type: [Case Report] ISSN: 0148-396X Accession: 00006123-199205000-00021 Keywords: Lyme disease, Stereotaxis [Case Report] Lyme Neuroborreliosis Manifesting as an Intracranial Mass Lesion Murray, Rhett M.D.; Morawetz, Richard M.D.; Kepes, John M.D.; El Gammal, Taher M.D.; LeDoux, Mark M.D….
[CanLyme Note: Both AIDS and Lyme disease arose as an issue in the late 1970’s with the first case of Lyme reported in Quebec in 1977. As pointed out in this piece, since then there have been over 11,000 clinical trials for AIDS yet only 60 for Lyme disease. Lyme disease research funding in Canada…
We all have been duped. Infectious Disease [IDSA] Treatment Guidelines Weakened By Paucity of Scientific Evidence Daniel M. Keller, PhD From: Medscape Today November 13, 2009 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)— Two separate analyses presented here at the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 47th Annual Meeting revealed that most of the society’s treatment guidelines are based on expert…
Yancey Caroline B., Hegarty Barbara C., Qurollo Barbara A., Levy Michael G., Birkenheuer Adam J., Weber David J., Diniz Pedro P.V.P., and Breitschwerdt Edward B. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. October 2014, 14(10): 724-732. doi:10.1089/vbz.2014.1592. Published in Volume: 14 Issue 10: October 17, 2014 Correspondence to: E-mail: cbyancey@hotmail.com ABSTRACT Vector-borne disease (VBD) pathogens remain an emerging health…
Advocates for people with Lyme disease want public health agencies to take a more aggressive stance in treating the tick-carried disease early, before it leads to later health complications. With summer weather arriving, Ottawa Public Health is again warning the public to watch out for signs of Lyme disease, an infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi,…
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