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Stanford researchers unravel secrets of shape-shifting bacteria
ByCanLyme Team March 19, 2015April 21, 2023
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…
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CDC Says Misperceptions Keep Kids from Getting Lifesaving Treatment for Tickborne Diseases
ByCanLyme Team March 19, 2015April 21, 2023
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…
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Long road leads to Lyme for Ladner woman
ByCanLyme Team March 13, 2015April 21, 2023
Elaine Crossley finally gets proper diagnosis, but the battle is far from over It seemed innocent enough. In March 2009, Elaine Crossley was working in the yard with her husband Bill Wheeler. Later that day, she noticed a bite on her leg. It didn’t hurt and it wasn’t itchy. She thought it might be a…
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Bilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis Requiring Tracheostomy Due to Neuroborreliosis
ByCanLyme Team March 3, 2015April 21, 2023
Carlos D. Martínez-Balzano, MD; Bruce Greenberg, MD, MBA Neuroborreliosis can cause multiple cranial and peripheral neuropathies; however, involvement of both recurrent laryngeal nerves is rare. We report the case of a 90-year-old man who presented with dysphonia and right upper and lower extremity weakness. His course was complicated by bilateral vocal cord paralysis and respiratory…
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Teenager with stroke-like symptoms had Lyme: Acute Lyme Neuroborreliosis With Transient Hemiparesis and Aphasia
ByCanLyme Team March 2, 2015April 21, 2023
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.01.011 February 25, 2015 Nervous system involvement in Lyme disease often mimics other conditions and thus represents a diagnostic challenge, especially in an emergency department setting. We report a case of a female teenager presenting with sudden-onset aphasia and transient right-sided faciobrachial hemiplegia, along with headache and agitation. Ischemia, vasculitis, or another structural lesion…
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Maine looks to join growing list of states protecting doctors from their own licencing boards via legislation
ByCanLyme Team March 2, 2015April 21, 2023
BY JOE LAWLOR Press Herald Mar 2nd, 2015 A bill would prevent the state medical board from punishing a doctor who prescribes long-term antibiotics, a disputed method for fighting the spreading disease. SACO – Lisa Lawlor couldn’t find a doctor in Maine willing to treat her chronic Lyme disease, so she traveled to Portsmouth, New…
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Borrelia miyamotoi infection in Nature and in humans
ByCanLyme Team February 28, 2015April 21, 2023
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…
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UC Berkeley: Study IDs key birds that host Lyme disease bacteria in California
ByCanLyme Team February 25, 2015April 21, 2023
[ CanLyme note: Western Canadian ticks often come from migratory birds from California and other western states. Borrelia bissettii was found in the province of British Columbia well over a decade ago, yet there is still no human test that properly tests for it and many other Borrelia genotypes known to occur. Patients in Canada are…
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Development of droplet digital PCR for the detection of Babesia microti and Babesia duncani
ByCanLyme Team February 24, 2015April 21, 2023
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….
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Co-infections | International News | Medical Publications | Miscellaneous | Research
CDC Warns of New Deadly Tick Borne Bourbon Virus Found in Kansas
ByCanLyme Team February 23, 2015April 21, 2023
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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New York: Senator Sue Serino named as chair of Tick-Borne Disease task force
ByCanLyme Team February 22, 2015April 21, 2023
Feb 20th, 2015 Alan Fanitzi, Poughkeepsie Journal New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos named Senator Sue Serino,R-Hyde Park, Dutchess County, as the new chair of the Senate Task Force on Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases on Wednesday. The goal of the Task Force is to increase prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Lyme and…
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Case Report: Bilateral diaphragmatic dysfunction due to Borrelia Burgdorferi
ByCanLyme Team February 14, 2015April 21, 2023
Suhail Basunaid1, Chris van der Grinten1, Nicole Cobben1,2, Astrid Otte2, Roy Sprooten2, Rohde Gernot1 Abstract Summary: In this case report we describe a rare case of bilateral diaphragmatic dysfunction due to Lyme disease. Case report: A 62-years-old male presented to the hospital because of flu-like symptoms. During initial evaluation a bilateral diaphragmatic weakness with…
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A Rare Case of ARDS From Human Anaplasmosis
ByCanLyme Team February 14, 2015April 21, 2023
Kaphle U, Kheir F, Thammasitboon S. Respiratory Care, online before print, 2015 Feb 10. Abstract Human granulocytic anaplasmosis is a tick-borne bacterial disease caused by /Anaplasma phagocytophilum/. ARDS [Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome] is a very rare presentation of human anaplasmosis. Early suspicion and empiric antibiotics usually prevent rapid progression of the disease. In our…
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Exploring the association between Morgellons disease and Lyme disease: identification of Borrelia burgdorferi in Morgellons disease patients
ByCanLyme Team February 11, 2015April 21, 2023
Marianne J Middelveen1, Cheryl Bandoski2, Jennie Burke3, Eva Sapi2, Katherine R Filush2,Yean Wang3, Agustin Franco3, Peter J Mayne1 and Raphael B Stricker14* Abstract (provisional) Background Morgellons disease (MD) is a complex skin disorder characterized by ulcerating lesions that have protruding or embedded filaments. Many clinicians refer to this condition as delusional parasitosis or delusional…
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View live Lyme Disease spirochetes allegedly easily seen in blood following negative “official” testing.
ByCanLyme Team February 6, 2015April 21, 2023
[CanLyme note: Although this video clearly shows a spirochaetal shaped bacteria, it cannot identify what spirochaete it may be. To show that those bacteria are in fact Borrelia (the spirochaetal bacteria shown to cause Lyme borreliosis), proper DNA sequencing would have to occur. From our perspective, if the person is sick and these are showing…
Read More View live Lyme Disease spirochetes allegedly easily seen in blood following negative “official” testing.

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Stanford researchers unravel secrets of shape-shifting bacteria

CDC Says Misperceptions Keep Kids from Getting Lifesaving Treatment for Tickborne Diseases

Long road leads to Lyme for Ladner woman

Bilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis Requiring Tracheostomy Due to Neuroborreliosis

Teenager with stroke-like symptoms had Lyme: Acute Lyme Neuroborreliosis With Transient Hemiparesis and Aphasia

Maine looks to join growing list of states protecting doctors from their own licencing boards via legislation

Borrelia miyamotoi infection in Nature and in humans

UC Berkeley: Study IDs key birds that host Lyme disease bacteria in California

Development of droplet digital PCR for the detection of Babesia microti and Babesia duncani

CDC Warns of New Deadly Tick Borne Bourbon Virus Found in Kansas

New York: Senator Sue Serino named as chair of Tick-Borne Disease task force

Case Report: Bilateral diaphragmatic dysfunction due to Borrelia Burgdorferi

A Rare Case of ARDS From Human Anaplasmosis

Exploring the association between Morgellons disease and Lyme disease: identification of Borrelia burgdorferi in Morgellons disease patients

View live Lyme Disease spirochetes allegedly easily seen in blood following negative “official” testing.

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