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“We’re finding pathogens that we didn’t know – well, we knew they were there, we just didn’t know how abundant they were. We find in some cases that people are getting sick from getting exposed to those, so we write those up in case studies and medical journals, for example,” Rich said.
Abstract Lyme disease (LD) and relapsing fevers (RF) are vector-borne diseases caused by bacteria of the Borrelia genus. Here, we report on the widespread infection by a non-described Borrelia species in passerine-associated ticks in tropical rainforests of French Guiana, South America. This novel Borrelia species is common in two tick species, Amblyomma longirostre and A….
[CanLyme Note: How is it that physicians are so under-educated and misinformed on this disease after it being here for so many years? The physician said the symptoms were not classic and were too soon!!! When are our College’s of Physicians and Surgeons, including the provincial and the Royal College going to start acting like responsible,…
London, Ontario boy’s life was changed dramatically due to Lyme disease and family had to leave Canada seeking help. Watch news clip
World Journal of Cardiology ABSTRACT: AIM: To conduct the first systematic test of the hypothesis that modulation of cardiac vagal tone is impaired in Lyme disease. METHODS: The response of cardiac vagal tone to respiratory modulation was measured in 18 serologically positive Lyme disease patients and in 18 controls. RESULTS: The two groups were matched…
Kathryn Maroun, host of popular TV show about fishing, What A Catch, discusses Lyme disease with David Doggett of Maritime Ourdoorsman. She contracted Lyme disease while in British Columbia, Canada. Listen here to Kathryn Maroun Also, as a follow-up and in response to the above segment, now listen to Vett Lyoyd, a biologist at Mount…
March 2022 Abstract We report a case of a 79-year-old male presenting to a South Bronx hospital with complaints of fever, shortness of breath, severe thrombocytopenia, hematuria, elevated liver enzymes, and acute renal failure. The patient rapidly progressed to acute hypoxic respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. Treatment was delayed for six days because the tick-borne…
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