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Updates on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex with respect to public health
ByCanLyme Team December 3, 2012April 21, 2023
Summary Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) complex is a diverse group of worldwide distributed bacteria that includes 18 named spirochete species and a still not named group proposed as genomospecies 2 (Postic et al., 2007). Descriptions of new species and variants continue to be recognized, so the current number of described species is probably not…
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Multilocus sequence analysis of Borrelia bissettii strains from North America reveals a new Borrelia species, Borrelia kurtenbachii
ByCanLyme Team December 3, 2012April 21, 2023
Gabriele Margos,a,* Andrias Hojgaard,b Robert S. Lane,c Muriel Cornet,d Volker Fingerle,e Nataliia Rudenko,f Nicholas Ogden,g David M. Aanensen,h Durland Fish,i and Joseph Piesman,b Abstract Using multilocus sequence analyses (MLSA), we investigated the phylogenetic relationship of spirochaete strains from North America previously assigned to the genospecies Borrelia bissettii. We amplified internal fragments of 8 housekeeping genes…
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International News | Medical Publications | Research
Humans Infected with Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi, Russia
ByCanLyme Team December 3, 2012April 21, 2023
Abstract Borrelia miyamotoi is distantly related to B. burgdorferi and transmitted by the same hard-body tick species. We report 46 cases of B. miyamotoi infection in humans and compare the frequency and clinical manifestations of this infection with those caused by B. garinii and B. burgdorferi infection. All 46 patients lived in Russia and had…
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Detection of Borrelia bissettii in cardiac valve tissue of a patient with endocarditis and aortic valve stenosis in the Czech Republic.
ByCanLyme Team December 3, 2012April 21, 2023
Nataliia Rudenko Maryna Golovchenko Aleš Mokráček Natalja Piskunová Daniel Růžek Nadja Mallatová Libor Grubhoffer ABSTRACT Molecular analysis of a clinical sample confirmed the presence of Borrelia bissettii DNA in cardiac valve tissue from a patient with endocarditis and aortic valve stenosis. This evidence strongly supports the involvement of B. bissettii in Lyme disease in Europe. Read…
Read More Detection of Borrelia bissettii in cardiac valve tissue of a patient with endocarditis and aortic valve stenosis in the Czech Republic.
Updates
Nouveau-Brunswick: le risque de contracter la maladie de Lyme en hausse
ByCanLyme December 1, 2012June 2, 2023
La Presse Canadienne Fredericton Le risque de contracter la maladie de Lyme est en hausse au Nouveau-Brunswick, selon des chercheurs de l’Université de Mount Allison. La biologiste Vett Lloyd a indiqué que les tiques à pattes noires capturées montrent des taux d’infection étonnamment rares et élevés. Mme Lloyd soutient qu’environ 40% de ces tiques, qui…
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Nouveau-Brunswick: le risque de contracter la maladie de Lyme en hausse
ByCanLyme Team December 1, 2012April 21, 2023
La Presse Canadienne Fredericton Le risque de contracter la maladie de Lyme est en hausse au Nouveau-Brunswick, selon des chercheurs de l’Université de Mount Allison. La biologiste Vett Lloyd a indiqué que les tiques à pattes noires capturées montrent des taux d’infection étonnamment rares et élevés. Mme Lloyd soutient qu’environ 40% de ces tiques, qui…
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Medical Publications | Research
Reservoir Competence of Wildlife Host Species for Babesia microti.
ByCanLyme Team November 27, 2012April 21, 2023
Hersh MH, Tibbetts M, Strauss M, Ostfeld RS, Keesing F. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012 Dec; 18(12): 1951-7. Abstract Human babesiosis is an increasing health concern in the northeastern United States, where the causal agent, Babesia microti, is spread through the bite of infected Ixodes scapularis ticks. We sampled 10 mammal and 4 bird species within…
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Medical Publications | Research
Bartonella henselae endocarditis of percutaneously implanted pulmonary valve.
ByCanLyme Team November 27, 2012April 21, 2023
J Heart Valve Dis. 2011 Jan;20(1):94-7. Atamanyuk I, Raja SG, Kostolny M. Source Department of Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom. Abstract Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI) has revolutionized the management of right ventricular outflow tract dysfunction after repaired congenital heart disease. The technology is considered to be safe, with a…
Read More Bartonella henselae endocarditis of percutaneously implanted pulmonary valve.
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Detection and heterogeneity of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes ticks by culture-dependent and culture-independent methods
ByCanLyme Team November 27, 2012April 21, 2023
Authors: Xu G, Wesker J, White C, Campbell J, Reich NG and Rich SM Citation: J. Clin. Microbiol. 2012(Nov) Location: Laboratory of Medical Zoology, Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03009-12 Abstract Ability to detect heterogeneity of ospC genotypes of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, in the tick vector…
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Comparison of the Babesia duncani (WA1) IgG Detection Rates among Clinical Sera Submitted to a Reference Laboratory for WA1 IgG Testing and Blood Donor Specimens from Diverse Geographic Areas of the United States
ByCanLyme Team November 18, 2012April 21, 2023
Abstract All reported cases of WA1 babesiosis have occurred in the Pacific coast region of the United States, suggesting that WA1 is limited to this geographic area. However, we detected WA1 IgG in 27% of clinical sera sent to our laboratory for WA1 IgG testing from across the United States over a 2-year period, suggesting…
Read More Comparison of the Babesia duncani (WA1) IgG Detection Rates among Clinical Sera Submitted to a Reference Laboratory for WA1 IgG Testing and Blood Donor Specimens from Diverse Geographic Areas of the United States
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Lyme disease counting is uncertain, imprecise [US CDC agrees it is underreported]
ByCanLyme Team November 18, 2012April 21, 2023
Cases soar in the Northeast; CDC admits undercounting but declines ‘epidemic’ label New York state – the veritable epicenter of tick-borne diseases in America – counted 23,600 cases of Lyme disease from 2009 to 2011. When the federal government posted the state’s numbers, however, only 13,500 were listed. Those lost cases help explain why Lyme…
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Characterization of Biofilm Formation by Borrelia burgdorferi In Vitro
ByCanLyme Team November 18, 2012April 21, 2023
Abstract Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, has long been known to be capable of forming aggregates and colonies. It was recently demonstrated that Borrelia burgdorferi aggregate formation dramatically changes the in vitro response to hostile environments by this pathogen. In this study, we investigated the hypothesis that these aggregates are indeed…
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Lyme Controversy | Medical Publications | Voices on Lyme
Lyme disease antiscience – The Lancet
ByCanLyme Team November 17, 2012April 21, 2023
Paul Auwaerter and colleagues1 are among the handful of individuals who have controlled the Lyme disease research agenda for decades and ultimately which data have been reported. Why is it that, in my experience, many people in New Hampshire have been severely debilitated by Lyme disease or know someone who has, whereas Auwaerter and co-workers…
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Persisting atypical and cystic forms of Borrelia burgdorferi and local inflammation in Lyme neuroborreliosis
ByCanLyme Team November 17, 2012April 21, 2023
Abstract Background The long latent stage seen in syphilis, followed by chronic central nervous system infection and inflammation, can be explained by the persistence of atypical cystic and granular forms of Treponema pallidum. We investigated whether a similar situation may occur in Lyme neuroborreliosis. Method Atypical forms of Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes were induced exposing cultures…
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Tuskegee Part 2 – Lyme disease – A far larger fraud?
ByCanLyme Team November 17, 2012April 21, 2023
The Tuskgegee experiment that started in the 1930’s ruined over 600 people’s lives who had syphilis, a spirochetal infection like Lyme disease who unknowlingly had antibiotics withheld from them by being given placebos. “The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, cited as “arguably the most infamous biomedical research study in U.S. history,” ” Here in this speech, Lyme disease is said…
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News and updates

Announcing the second annual Canadian Tick-Borne Disease Conference

Feeling sick after eating that steak dinner? You could have a rare but potentially severe tick-borne allergy

Elliot Jacobson: Downstream Secondary Illness in Lyme Disease

Why Lyme disease isn’t the only tick-borne infection you need to worry about

Lyme disease and your pregnancy: Why avoiding tick bites could protect your unborn child

Lack of experience no obstacle at this obstacle course

Interventions to manage mold and mycotoxicities

Environmental toxicities: Confounding presentations

Updates on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex with respect to public health

Multilocus sequence analysis of Borrelia bissettii strains from North America reveals a new Borrelia species, Borrelia kurtenbachii

Humans Infected with Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi, Russia

Detection of Borrelia bissettii in cardiac valve tissue of a patient with endocarditis and aortic valve stenosis in the Czech Republic.

Nouveau-Brunswick: le risque de contracter la maladie de Lyme en hausse

Nouveau-Brunswick: le risque de contracter la maladie de Lyme en hausse

Reservoir Competence of Wildlife Host Species for Babesia microti.

Bartonella henselae endocarditis of percutaneously implanted pulmonary valve.

Detection and heterogeneity of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes ticks by culture-dependent and culture-independent methods

Comparison of the Babesia duncani (WA1) IgG Detection Rates among Clinical Sera Submitted to a Reference Laboratory for WA1 IgG Testing and Blood Donor Specimens from Diverse Geographic Areas of the United States

Lyme disease counting is uncertain, imprecise [US CDC agrees it is underreported]

Characterization of Biofilm Formation by Borrelia burgdorferi In Vitro

Lyme disease antiscience – The Lancet

Persisting atypical and cystic forms of Borrelia burgdorferi and local inflammation in Lyme neuroborreliosis

Tuskegee Part 2 – Lyme disease – A far larger fraud?

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