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Alzheimer’s disease – a neurospirochetosis. Analysis of the evidence following Koch’s and Hill’s criteria

Improved Clinical Sensitivity for Detection of Antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi by Western Blots Prepared from a Mixture of Two Strains of B. burgdorferi, 297 and B31, and Interpreted by In-house Criteria

Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi.
Although antibiotic therapy is usually effective early in the disease, relapse may occur when
administration of antibiotics is discontinued.

It has long been known that Treponema pallidum, subspecies pallidum can in late stages of neurosyphilis cause dementia, cortical atrophy, and amyloid deposi- tion. The occurrence of dementia, including subacute presenile dementia, was also reported in association with Lyme disease caused by another spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi.

Clinical practice guidelines are increasing in number. Unfortunately, when scientific evidence is uncertain, limited, or evolving, as is often the case, conflict often arises between guideline committees and practicing physicians, who bear the direct responsibility for the care of individual patients.

According to federal government researchers, by the year 2020 80% of Canadians will live in Lyme endemic areas.