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Counterattacking the tick bite: towards a rational design of anti-tick vaccines targeting pathogen transmission
https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-019-3468-x Comment; The quest for a vaccine is ongoing. So many targets--'till the mutations happen--which is often, like trying to hit a submicroscopic moving target...
It felt like the flu. It took 10 doctors, a year, and $60,000 to get an answer.
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/6/18/18677511/lyme-disease-diagnosis-health Comment; Sad that these folks ended up seeing so many Lyme-illiterate physicians and suffered for so long. Eye-opener!
Deer tick established in eastern Nebraska for first time; Lyme disease could follow
https://www.omaha.com/livewellnebraska/health/deer-tick-established-in-eastern-nebraska-for-first-time-lyme/article_de40f384-8690-5163-ac8d-2670d30c1a6d.html Comment; Disease risk continuing it's spread. Pestilence and disease with an ever-increasing risk to...
Prevalence and Genetic Characterization of Deer Tick Virus (Powassan Virus, Lineage II) in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected in Maine
http://www.ajtmh.org/content/journals/10.4269/ajtmh.19-0281 Comment; Interesting that there doesn't seem to be much genetic drift. This may go with the premise that some of these agents may have been weaponized relatively recently by the Dept. of Defense. Rebecca M....
The Ecology of New Constituents of the Tick Virome and Their Relevance to Public Health
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11/6/529 Comment; I've known that Ticks & Borrelia carry pathogens, had no idea there were so many viruses and the intricacies of geographic distribution. More to follow. Kurt J. Vandegrift 1 andAmit Kapoor 2,3,* 1The...
Professor J.W Cohen Tervaert, one of the most powerful speeches to the FDA on breast implants and the dangers.
https://www.getarmystrong.com/home/2019/3/29/professor-jw-cohen-tervaert-one-of-the-most-powerful-speeches-on-breast-implants-and-the-dangers Comment; Excellent presentation on Autoimmune Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants (ASIA) with silicone acting as an adjuvant to...
Is It Possible to Make a Correct Diagnosis of Lyme Disease on Symptoms Alone? Review of Key Issues and Public Health Implications
https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(19)30331-6/abstract Comment; Interesting. Initially lab results were recommended to confirm strong clinical suspicion of Lyme, with the realization that many lab results are false-negative. Now labs are required.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A “LYME LITERATE” DOCTOR?
http://danielcameronmd.com/what-does-it-take-to-be-a-lyme-literate-doctor/ Comment; A good review of what a "Lyme Literate" practitioner is likely to encounter and should be familiar with. “A physician who is board certified in the specialty of infectious diseases...
A case of diagnosis of Lyme disease in the absence of a tick bite
https://www.pediatr-neonatol.com/article/S1875-9572(19)30245-1/fulltext Comment; Intersting, was there a bite that was missed/not recognized--probably. Could this be a non-bite transmission? Possibly.
Bacterial microbiomes of Ixodes scapularis ticks collected from Massachusetts and Texas, USA
https://bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12866-019-1514-7 Comment; We're digging deep. Looking into what species live in the GI tract of the ticks, finding that the differences are more based on sex than geography in specimens collected in TX & MA....
Rash, Radiculopathy, and Cognitive Biases
https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asma/amhp/2019/00000090/00000007/art00012;jsessionid=40226hmkdihog.x-ic-live-03 Comment; It's not surprising that tick-borne illnesses are missed. Spirochetes can have so many different presentations in disease--not to mention...
Babesiosis in Pregnancy: An Imitator of HELLP Syndrome
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6488351/ Comment; Complex Chronic Illnesses can have bizarre presentations as can tick-borne illnesses in general. I wouldn't have predicted this association, but it makes some sense... Raminder Kaur Khangura, MD,1Nayo...
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