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Medscape: written by Janis C. Kelly June 12, 2015 Borrelia miyamotoi disease (BMD), a tick-borne infection that can cause more severe symptoms than Lyme disease, was first reported in the northeastern United States in 2013 but is becoming more common and should be considered in all areas where deer tick–transmitted infections are endemic, according to a case-series published…
[CanLyme note: The United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) should never be left as the ‘final word’ on anything medical or science related. They are rife with conflicts of interest with the for profit industry and push agenda’s that have no or very little scientific basis in fact. CanLyme believes much more independent research…
Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 1;60(11):1659-66. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ116. Epub 2015 Feb 19. Risk factors for fatal outcome from rocky mountain spotted Fever in a highly endemic area-Arizona, 2002-2011. Regan JJ1, Traeger MS2, Humpherys D2, Mahoney DL2, Martinez M2, Emerson GL3, Tack DM4, Geissler A5, Yasmin S4, Lawson R6, Williams V7, Hamilton C8, Levy C9, Komatsu…
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…
May 3rd, 2015 Poughkeepsie Journal The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised their estimates for the number of Lyme disease cases, saying there are 10 times as many. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law protecting doctors who prescribe longer courses of antibiotics to Lyme disease patients. Studies in animals and humans show that Lyme…
Because the patients are contested “They immediately may send the patient to test for all manner of serious immune and neurologic disease, not realizing that Lyme disease itself may cause profound immune and neurologic conditions if it is not treated at once.” Read full article
The Anemic and Thrombocytopenic Febrile Neonate Nickolas D. Surra, MD, John E. Jesus, MD Christiana Care Health Center, Newark, Delaware Published Online: April 18, 2015 Abstract Background Babesiosis is a tick-borne, protozoal disease seen primarily in the northeastern and northern Midwest portions of the United States. It is primarily transmitted through the bite of the…
This video is full of good information on how ticks successfully infect people and other animals with diseases. Although they discuss this in the context of Tick Borne Encephalitis (TBE), this also applies to Lyme Disease (a borreliosis caused by many strains of Borrelia).
CityNews reporter Andrea Piunno with what health officials are doing to protect you and what you should watch out for. Public Health Ontario says they are monitoring ticks for Powsassan Virus… when did they start? What are the results? What methodology are they using to test? What guidelines are doctors to follow to look for…
Published: February 25, 2015 Abstract Although Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) are found in a great diversity of vertebrates, most studies in North America have focused on the role of mammals as spirochete reservoir hosts. We investigated the roles of birds as hosts for subadult Ixodes pacificus ticks and potential reservoirs of the Lyme disease…
Stanford Report, March 16, 2015 Stanford researchers unravel secrets of shape-shifting bacteria “Six decades ago, Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Joshua Lederberg observed how bacteria could essentially go undercoverin ways that might trick the human immune system. Now, using new techniques, Stanford bioengineers have created a time-lapse video that shows this process step by step.” BY TOM…
Last Updated: Wednesday, 18 March 2015 07:04 Short-term doxycycline use does not stain kids’ teeth, CDC/IHS study finds March 17, 2015 – Kids are five times more likely than adults to die from tickborne diseases like Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF). Doctors often avoid prescribing doxycycline, the most effective RMSF treatment, for young children because…
Abstract Borrelia miyamotoi is a relapsing fever Borrelia group spirochete that is transmitted by the same hard-bodied (ixodid) tick species that transmit the agents of Lyme disease. It was discovered in 1994 in Ixodes persulcatus ticks in Japan. B. miyamotoi species phylogenetically cluster with the relapsing fever group spirochetes, which usually are transmitted by…
doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2014.12.003 Abstract Babesia spp. are obligate protozoan parasites of red blood cells. Transmission to humans occurs through bites from infected ticks or blood transfusion. Infections with B. microti account for the majority of the reported cases of human babesiosis in the USA. A lower incidence is caused by the more recently described species B. duncani….
February 21st, 2015 New Deadly Tick Borne Bourbon Virus Found in Kansas, man fell ill and died after becoming infected by a new strain of virus transmitted via a tick bite. At this time, the CDC and Kansas health officials are still trying to determine if there are any other cases. According to Bloomberg Business,…
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