The Open Neurology Journal – Lyme Disease Compendium

Read many peer reviewed published articles/papers on Lyme Disease. Read articles here

A phylogenomic and molecular signature based approach for characterization of the phylum Spirochaetes and its major clades: proposal for a taxonomic revision of the phylum

The Spirochaetes species cause many important diseases including syphilis and Lyme disease. Except for their containing a distinctive endoflagella, no... View Article

Small but deadly

CBC radio’s, On The Island,with Gregor Craigie British Columbia, Sept.17th, 2013 The number of ticks and the number of people... View Article

Chromosome Sequence of Borrelia miyamotoi, an Uncultivable Tick-Borne Agent of Human Infection.

Hue F, Ghalyanchi Langeroudi A, Barbour AG.Genome Announcements. 2013 Sep 12;1(5). pii: e00713-13. http://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00713-13 Abstract Borrelia miyamotoi is a newly... View Article

Huffington Post series on Lyme Disease: The Global Search for Education: Research – Ticks

Part 10 in series on the Global Lyme Disease Discussion Borrelia burgdorferi cultivated from the brains of patients suffering... View Article

In Vivo Expression Technology Identifies a Novel Virulence Factor

Authors: Ellis TC, Jain S, Linowski AK, Rike K, Bestor A, Rosa PA, Halpern M, Kurhanewicz S, Jewett MW Citation:... View Article

The immune system cannot generate immunological memory during infection with the Lyme disease agent B. burgdorferi

R.A. Elsner, S.W. Barthold, N. Baumgarth Graduate Group in Microbiology and the Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA ... View Article

Unique strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum segregate among diverse questing and non-questing Ixodes tick species in the western United States

Abstract The emerging tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum infects humans, domestic animals, and wildlife throughout the Holarctic. In the western US,... View Article

The combined use of proton pump inhibitors and antibiotics as risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection

Healthcare Infection, 08/21/2013 Clinical Article Kassavin DS et al. – A review of the incidence of Clostridium. difficile infection (CDI) at... View Article

Lyme disease more common than previously thought [10 times more cases says US CDC putting number at 300,000 cases per year!]

ATLANTA August 19, 2013 (AP) By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer Lyme disease is about 10 times more common... View Article

The immune system cannot generate immunological memory during infection with the Lyme disease agent B. burgdorfer

R.A. Elsner, S.W. Barthold, N. Baumgarth http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043466613003542 Graduate Group in Microbiology and the Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California-Davis,... View Article

The Global Search for Education: In Search of Solutions – Ticks

To date in my “Ticks” series, we have learned from leading global experts that tick-borne illnesses (including Lyme disease) are... View Article

CBC News: Reports of Lyme disease triple in southern Manitoba

The number of black-legged ticks in southeastern Manitoba is on the rise, which has led to a surge in the... View Article

Still Lots of Unknowns

Much of the controversy over Lyme disease centers on the patients who experience chronic illness. When Lyme is caught late,... View Article

Can Alzheimer Disease be Prevented?

Bret S. Stetka, MD Background and Biomarkers AD is an epidemic, affecting over 5 million Americans and nearly 40 million... View Article

Babesia odocoilei infection in a Saskatchewan elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) herd.

An 8-year-old female elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) cow, presented for chronic severe weight loss and unthriftiness, was diagnosed with Babesia odocoilei... View Article

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