Virus Disproved as Cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

The saga of the retrovirus XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome appears to have ended, now that researchers in a federally... View Article

New Tick-Borne Disease Found

By Labmedica International staff writers Posted on 17 Sep 2012 A new Phlebovirus, dubbed the “Heartland virus,” is being spread to... View Article

Spirochete antigens persist near cartilage after murine Lyme borreliosis therapy.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22728928 J Clin Invest. 2012 Jul 2;122(7):2652-60. doi: 10.1172/JCI58813. Epub 2012 Jun 25. Bockenstedt LK, Gonzalez DG, Haberman AM, Belperron... View Article

German expert organization of researchers, physicians, and professors publish objections to Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) guidelines

The German organization Deutsche Borreliose Gesellschaft submitted their evidence based objections to the IDSA much maligned Lyme disease guidelines. The... View Article

Lyme retreatment guidance may be flawed

Deer ticks, Lyme disease, and medical guidance Accepted medical practice discourages antibiotic retreatment in cases where Lyme disease symptoms persist.... View Article

N.S. tick numbers could be rising, says N.B. scientist

Though numbers of ticks carrying Lyme disease in Nova Scotia haven’t been confirmed yet for 2012, one New Brunswick scientist... View Article

Doctors discover terrifying new tick-borne virus

TAGS:Health, SciTech, USA, Agriculture Scientists say they’re excited over a discovery that they stumbled on thanks to two Missouri farmers.... View Article

Farm Use of Antibiotics Defies Scrutiny

September 3, 2012 By SABRINA TAVERNISE The numbers released quietly by the federal government this year were alarming. A ferocious... View Article

Emerging incidence of Lyme borreliosis, babesiosis, bartonellosis, and granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Australia

Int J Gen Med. 2011; 4: 845–852. Published online 2011 December 16. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S27336 Abstract Background Borrelia burgdorferi, the... View Article

Emerging Infectious Determinants of Chronic Diseases

Evidence now confirms that noncommunicable chronic diseases can stem from infectious agents. Furthermore, at least 13 of 39 recently described... View Article

Antibiotic retreatment of Lyme disease in patients with persistent symptoms: A biostatistical review of randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trials.

Delong AK, Blossom B, Maloney EL, Phillips SE. Source Center for Statistical Sciences, Department of Biostatistics, Brown University, Providence, RI,... View Article

Eva Sapi, Ph.D discusses her extensive Lyme disease research

This video is a 10 minute clip, part of a 70 minute interview with Dr. Sapi from the University of... View Article

Single or double dose prophylactic treatment for Lyme borreliosis has unacceptable failure rate

Protective value of prophylactic antibiotic treatment of tick bite for Lyme disease prevention: An animal model [one or two pills…who... View Article

Prevalence and Genetic Characterization of Powassan Virus Strains Infecting Ixodes scapularis in Connecticut.

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Aug 13. [Epub ahead of print] Anderson JF, Armstrong PM. Source Department of Entomology... View Article

SPECT Brain Imaging in Chronic Lyme Disease

Donta, Sam T. MD, Noto, Richard B. MD, Vento, John A. MD Clinical Nuclear Medicine, September 2012, Volume 37, Issue... View Article

Lyme-carrying ticks on the rise in Alberta

Lack of familiarity may mean disease goes undiagnosed. Lyme disease in Alberta has the potential to spike in coming years,... View Article

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