by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
http://danielcameronmd.com/human-bite-discovery-asian-longhorned-ticks-new-york/ Comment; Ticks seem to be increasing their range, prevalence & virulence of the pathogens that they carry. Surveillance needs to continue! Asian longhorned ticks, which have been...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/8/3/117/htm Comment; Good reminder that Babesia impairs aspects of the immune system allowing Borrelia to progress more rapidly, worsening Lyme Disease. Nikhat Parveen * andPurnima Bhanot *Rutgers New Jersey Medical...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Functional & Integrative Medicine
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02966/full Comment; Molecular biology is showing us so many potential connections and possible interactions to promote and/or inhibit infection–things we had no prior suspicion of. Fascinating! Koch’s...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/10/1779 Comment; What a great way to make accurate & early diagnosis! Nucleic acid probes can be done quickly, costs for them are coming down as the volume of the testing increases. This could be a game-changer, further increasing...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://f1000research.com/articles/8-763/v1 Comment; Technical review article that delves into the immunology, how the VIsE locus/antigenic group allows the tick vector to remain assymptomatic while only mammalian hosts are harmed–a great way to transmit a...
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...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
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...
by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | CIRS, Functional & Integrative Medicine, Lyme Disease & Atypical Infections
https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-019-3495-7 Common; Borrelia is a complex organism with numerous changes in it’s life cycle as it moves between different hosts. This leaves it well versed to adapt to a wide-ranging spectrum...
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
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...
