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Lyme disease is a highly controversial illness that features two opposing camps [1–4]. One camp espouses the viewpoint of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) that infection with the Lyme spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, can be difficult to detect given the current state of diagnostic tests and that the organism can be hard to…
Health Canada : “Lyme disease test kits are class II (IV being the highest risk class) in vitro diagnostic devices. The devices are intended for the detection of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in human serum, plasma or cerebrospinal fluid.1 They are used to provide serologic evidence of B. Burgdorferi exposure.1 Infection can result in dermatologic,…
Related Articles Spatial stratification of various Lyme disease spirochetes in a Central European site. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2012 Oct 12; Authors: Richter D, Schröder B, Hartmann NK, Matuschka FR Abstract To determine whether the genospecies composition of Lyme disease spirochetes is spatially stratified, we collected questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in neighboring plots where rodents, birds…
Related Articles A Novel Iron- and Copper-Binding Protein in the Lyme Disease Spirochete. Mol Microbiol. 2012 Oct 15; Authors: Wang P, Lutton A, Olesik J, Vali H, Li X Abstract Iron and copper are transition metals that can be toxic to cells due to their abilities to react with peroxide to generate hydroxyl radical. Ferritins…
Lyme disease is not new to Canada, it has been around for centuries. The finding that the Iceman, a 5000 yr old well preserved mummy found in the ice of the Alps, had Lyme disease tells us the Lyme bacteria has been around for millenia. Just don’t tell that to your typical Infectious Disease doctors who…
Case Reports in Pediatrics Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 976961, 3 pagesdoi:10.1155/2012/976961 Case Report Diastolic Heart Murmur, Nocturnal Back Pain, and Lumbar Rigidity in a 7-Year Girl: An Unusual Manifestation of Lyme Disease in Childhood Genn Kameda,1 Silvia Vieker,1 Johannes Hartmann,2 Tim Niehues,3 and Alfred Längler4 1 Department for Child and Adolescent Health, Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus, Gerhard-Kienle…
J.L.H. Sperling1,2, M.J. Middelveen2, D. Klein3, and F.A.H. Sperling*,1 1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada 2Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation, West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada 3Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Abstract: With cases now documented in every province, Lyme borreliosis (LB) is emerging as a serious public health risk…
Volker von Baehr, Cornelia Doebis, Hans-Dieter Volk, Rüdiger von Baehr Published Date: (05 October, 2012) Borrelia-specific antibodies are not detectable until several weeks after infection and even if they are present, they are no proof of an active infection. Since the sensitivity of culture and PCR for the diagnosis or exclusion of borreliosis is too…
Judith Miklossy*, Samuel Donta, Kurt Mueller, Oliver Nolte and George Perry Alzheimer Research Center, Prevention Alzheimer International Foundation, 1921 Martigny-Croix, CP 16, Switzerland This special issue gives a framework of an international effort, to critically and constructively overview the clinical and pathological aspects of Lyme neuroborreliosis and show directions for future practice and research. The…
Brian A. Fallon, Eva Petkova, John G. Keilp and Carolyn B. Britton Published Date: (05 October, 2012) Four federally funded randomized placebo-controlled treatment trials of post-treatment Lyme syndrome in the United States have been conducted. Most international treatment guidelines summarize these trials as having shown no acute or sustained benefit to repeated antibiotic therapy. The…
Robert C. Bransfield* Abstract: Disease progression of neuropsychiatric symptoms in Lyme/tick-borne diseases can be better understood by greater attention to psychoimmunology. Although there are multiple contributors that provoke and weaken the immune system, infections and persistent infections are significant causes of pathological immune reactions. Immune mediated ef-fects are a significant contributor to the pathophysiological processes…
1995 International Lyme Disease Conference, Vancouver, BC Opening… John Millar, MD – Provincial Health Officer, British Columbia Diane Kindree, BSN – Lyme Borreliosis Society of British Columbia Martina H. Ziska, MD – Lyme Disease Foundation James Katzel, MD Ukiah Valley Medical Center No abstract available James H. Oliver, Jr., PhD Callaway Professor of Biology, Director, Institute…
Scott JD, Anderson JF, Durden LA J Parasitol. 2012 Feb;98(1):49-59. Epub 2011 Aug 24. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21864130 Abstract Millions of Lyme disease vector ticks are dispersed annually by songbirds across Canada, but often overlooked as the source of infection. For clarity on vector distribution, we sampled 481 ticks (12 species and 3 undetermined ticks) from 211 songbirds…
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…
Authors: Almeida LA, Araujo R Citation: Infect. Genet. Evol. 2012(Sep) Location: IPATIMUP, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto;Rua Dr. Roberto Frias s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal; ICBAS, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n.° 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: almeida [dot] ligia [dot] mca…
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