Severe Babesiosis Masquerading as Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Case Report

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections

https://www.cureus.com/articles/18066-severe-babesiosis-masquerading-as-thrombotic-thrombocytopenic-purpura-a-case-report Comment; We have been blessed with such good health in the developed world that we don’t often consider some of these more obscure yet...

TOUCHED BY LYME: Singing from the IDSA Lyme hymnal

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections

TOUCHED BY LYME: Singing from the IDSA Lyme hymnal Comment; Sadly, many cases of Lyme are missed–lab tests are often falsely negative–if it’s considered and tested for at all! Single-joint arthritis (monoarthritis) should be considered infectious...

Quantifying the relationship between human Lyme disease and Borrelia burgdorferi exposure in domestic dogs

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections

https://www.geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/750 Comment; Complex statistical analysis predicting prevalence of Lyme based on the prevalence in dogs. Man’s best friend indeed! DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2019.750 Yan LiuSchool of Community Health...

Ticks and tick-borne diseases in the city: Role of landscape connectivity and green space characteristics in a metropolitan area

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969719312276?via%3Dihub Comment; Traditionally we think of “green spaces” as being healthy for people–maybe not! This is a novel perspective showing that other considerations need to be made....

Counterattacking the tick bite: towards a rational design of anti-tick vaccines targeting pathogen transmission

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections

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.

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections

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

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections

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

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections

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....

The Ecology of New Constituents of the Tick Virome and Their Relevance to Public Health

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections

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...

Is It Possible to Make a Correct Diagnosis of Lyme Disease on Symptoms Alone? Review of Key Issues and Public Health Implications

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections

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...

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A “LYME LITERATE” DOCTOR?

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections

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...

A case of diagnosis of Lyme disease in the absence of a tick bite

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections

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.