by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020751918302480?via%3Dihub Comment; Piroplasmids divide by binary fission and as sporozoan parasites they possess sexual and asexual forms. The haploid state in the human host should make QPCR nucleic acid...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
Where Lyme Disease Came From and Why It Eludes Treatment Comment; Phenomonal investigative reporting! So Plum Island CT & the US Dept. of Defense produced Lyme disease by making Borrelia much more toxic & downright deadly. Who released it and why? Agenda 21?...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.treatlyme.net/guide/kills-bartonella-a-brief-guide Comment; Lyme is such a difficult disease–typical of spirochetes, causing so much harm. Dr. Ross provides a great overview, stepwise approach. In my experience, recovering from Bartonella, one of the...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
TOUCHED BY LYME: Is Lyme disease a bioweapons experiment gone bad? Comment; Incredible! Lyme disease weaponized to become more virulent as part of a cold war experiment–we know that the trichothecenes of Stachybotrus have been weaponized, Lyme too!? What had...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020751918302431?via%3Dihub Comment; Molecular evidence that Babesia duncani, the causative agent of Babessiosis is carried by Dermacentor albipictus, the winter tick, in which the common mule deer is a common...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-019-3451-6 Comment; Interesting and somewhat scary that Ixodes scapularis is replacing other species as the dominant tick in undeveloped areas, the vector for Lyme disease, Babessiosis & Human...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0399077X18309636?via%3Dihub Comment; Spirochetes as a phylum are difficult to study. Polymerase Chain Reaction immunological studies are the best lab tests we have to date. Syphillis, Lyme, Relapsing Fever, &...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
Richard I Horowitz MD, PLLC Guest Blog Comment; Dr. Horowitz is an exceptional physician & scientist, the ISEAI inaugral event was a GREAT meeting, so much information presented, all cutting edge. Tick-borne illnesses are so complex. Sir. Wm Osler once said that...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://ij-healthgeographics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12942-019-0173-0 Comment; Great idea to use volunteers to sample and collect specimens for analysis to generate an ongoing survey of when/where tick activity is highest to coordinate with the CDC Re;...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X19300330?via%3Dihub Comment; A very thorough review of the contents of the tick GI tract–potential pathogens for humans.
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/outdoors/2019/03/17/lyme-disease-mississippi-keith-bradshaw-bolton-tick-bites/3150496002/ Comment; Lyme can be so hard to pick up in some folks. So many unusual presentations, and for those genetically predisposed to CIRS,...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/clc.23102 Comment; I like the mneumonic COSTAR, but even with that, Lyme has so many presentations, a high index of suspicion is necessary! Georgia BesantDouglas WanCynthia YeungCrystal BlakelyPamela BranscombeLaiden...