2017 Lyme Disease Awareness News and Events
Hi Everyone, on this page we will try to keep track of anything Lyme disease related that happens in 2017. If you have an event, support group, news, research or know of a passing of a member of our Lyme community and you don’t see it on here, please contact us here.
Lyme News
- Wormser off the Lyme Panel
For the first time when you visit the US Department of Health and Human Services website you will not see Dr. Gary Wormser’s name on the Tick-Borne Diseases Working Group. - Why One Plant May Be Fueling the Spread of Lyme Disease
Japanese barberry shrubs are warmer and more humid than other plants, creating an environment where ticks can thrive and reproduce, increasing the risk of transmission of Lyme and other potentially dangerous infectious diseases, experts say. - The Lyme Wars TV Documentary
Kyra didn’t know what was happening to her. David still isn’t feeling himself. And Julia hopes one day she will walk again. - First Missouri death this year from tick-borne disease reported
A 74-year-old St. Louis man died last Friday from a tick-borne disease known as ehrlichiosis, becoming the first fatality of the year linked to a disease transmitted by ticks. - Lake Barrington resident with Lyme disease urges awareness as numbers climb in Lake County
As a child, Lake Barrington resident Mark Eiden said he always enjoyed the chance to romp through the woods at his grandparents’ vacation home in northern Wisconsin. But now at 28 years old, Eiden said he continues to deal with a Lyme disease diagnosis that likely started by a tick, which transmits the disease, while playing in forests as a kid. - The Guardian view on A-list fundraising: hogging the Lyme light
burrowed its way on to the A-list. In 2015 it was revealed that the fashion model Bella Hadid had the disease; that same year Avril Lavigne’s Lyme diagnosis appeared on the cover of People magazine - Lyme disease: Rowville man Len Atkins fights to get condition recognised in Australia
A MELBOURNE grandfather has spent more than $30,000 on overseas treatment for a disease that’s not officially recognised in Australia. - Lyme disease on the rise in Canada, but doctors still confused about diagnosis
Ontario mom spent 3 months seeking diagnosis for daughter’s array of symptoms - Speedy test for Lyme disease could help us treat it in time
A new test can distinguish between Lyme disease and another tick-borne disease with nearly identical symptoms. This could enable doctors to treat the condition much sooner, preventing its debilitating symptoms from setting in. - New study offers hope for early Lyme disease diagnosis
“Researchers may now be able to detect Lyme disease in its earliest stages and differentiate it from other tick-borne ailments with similar symptoms, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Science Translational Medicine.” - Rise of Lyme disease brings fear, resentment
“With urbanization, residential neighbourhoods are spreading into what used to be wooded areas where ticks are found,” explained the medical entomologist at the University of Ottawa’s School of Epidemiology and Public Health. “This means that in many parts of the city, people can pick up ticks while walking through tall grasses, bush or wooded areas in their neighbourhoods or even in their own backyards.” - Long road ahead in fight against Lyme disease
MV woman to embark on 155-mile pilgrimage to raise funds to fight the tick-borne illness - Founder of ‘Girl’s Nite In International’ fighting Lyme DiseaseINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – These days, Jimmelynn Rice struggles to communicate and muster enough energy to visit with family, but with all the prayers pouring in, she is refusing to give in to Lyme disease
- Lyme Disease’s Worst Enemy? It Might Be Foxes
But it doesn’t have to be that way. A new study suggests that the rise in tick-borne disease may be tied to a dearth of traditional mouse predators, whose presence might otherwise send mice scurrying into their burrows. - Interview with Jenna Luché-Thayer on the Human Rights Violations of Lyme and Relapsing Fever Patients
In June 2017, representatives of a global consortium of medical doctors, scientists and human right experts reported on the global human rights violations of many Lyme and relapsing fever borreliosis patients to the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations responsible for health and human rights.
- Clinical trial being held for Lyme disease test
DELMAR, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The LymeSeq test could change the way you are tested for Lyme disease. They will be taking people’s blood later this month and they already have 80 participants. - CDC Reports 2600% Increase in Tick-Borne Babesiosis Infections in Wisconsin in 12 Years
It is not just a bad summer for ticks — it has been a bad decade for the spread of tick-borne infections. New surveillance from the CDC reports rapid expansion and increase in cases of babesiosis, a sometimes life-threatening disease, in Wisconsin. - Bourbon Virus Linked to Death of Park Official – CDC Testing Tick Samples
The daughter of Tamela Wilson, 58, Sullivan, has confirmed her mother died from complications relating to the Bourbon virus contracted by a tick bite. - Cape Cod teacher talks about partner’s Powassan death
Tracey Hanna faced a series of unexpected goodbyes after her partner, Alan, was suddenly stricken with encephalitis in mid-December. - The Coming Pandemic of Lyme Dementia
There are many known causes of dementia. One of these causes are bacteria. Bacteria are usually ignored despite its historical and current significance in dementia research. - CDC admits Lyme disease tests are faulty.
Good Morning America did a show on the CDC admitting that Lyme tests are inaccurate and it may take several tests to get an accurate one. - A Tick Bite Could Make You Allergic to Meat—and It’s Spreading
As people encounter more ticks during the summer months, their chances for getting bitten by the allergy-carrying Lone Star tick increases.
- How to Die in Darkness: Washington Post misrepresents, marginalizes Lyme disease patients without remorse or recourse
I have a serious concern as a Washington Post reader and as a lifelong resident of the Washington, D.C. area. My hope is that newspaper editors today retain an adequate attention span necessary to consider concerns vital to the public interest.
- Lyme Disease: Inside America’s Mysterious Epidemic
Celebrities from Kathleen Hanna to Kris Kristofferson have revealed their diagnoses – and an unprecedented outbreak is expected this summer - Tim Grey Announces he is starting to make a new documentary about Lyme disease called, “Get Loud, Stay Loud.”
- Family: Toddler died after tick bite
A little girl from Indiana dies within a week of a tick bite, doctors think Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever the cause. - 12-YEAR-OLD BOY SUFFERS CARDIAC ARREST DUE TO LYME DISEASE
Following his participation in an outdoor camp, a 12-year-old boy suffers sudden cardiac arrest, later attributed to Lyme disease.
Lyme Disease Events
April 2017 Lyme Events
- GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE GREENWICH GALA Saturday, April 1, 2017
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May 2017 Lyme Events
- Mayday Protest 2017 (White House)
Saturday, May 6, 2017 1PM – 4PM EST
http://www.themaydayproject.org/ - May 6 is also the San Diego Lyme Walk
https://www.facebook.com/SDLymeWalk - May 6th 1st Annual Lyme Awareness Walk for Tri-Cities, Washington is here!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lyme-disease-awareness-walk-ti… - May 6th LYME AWARENESS DAY AND WALK AT Mall Of America!
http://mnlyme.org/eve…/lyme-awareness-day-walk-mall-america/ - May 7th Seventh Annual Loudoun Lyme 5K/10K and 1K Fun Run
http://www.loudounlyme.org/ - ILADS in Europe Fundamentals and Scientific Session in Paris, May 19-20, 2017
http://www.ilads.org/lyme_programs/ilads-conferences.php
June 2017 Lyme Events
July 2017 Lyme Events
- Paint Night clock
July 31 – August 14 by Lyme Warrior - Red Shoe Day: Day to remember those we lost. Learn more here.
September 2017 Lyme Events
- Illinois Lyme Support Network Lyme Walk
Citizen’s Park Pavillion in Barrington, Illinois, on Sunday, September 24.
October 2017 Lyme Events
- UK Conference for patients with Lyme Disease and Morgellons
Date : Friday – 13th October 2017
Location : Dunston Hall Hotel near Norwich
November 2017 Lyme Events
- 2017 ILADS Annual Scientific Session in Boston Thursday-Sunday, November 9–12, 2017 Learn More
February 2017 Lyme Events
Lyme Memorial List for 2017
- Rose Swarz 1/2017
- Jenny Albrecht-Hunziker 1/2017
- Cynthia Kay Struve 1/2017
- John Patrick Gracy 1/2017
- Rebecca Hill 1/2017
- Rosanne DiGiovanna Montalvo 1/2017
- Debbie Thompson 1/2017
- Karen King 1/2017
- Marty Chadney 1/2017
- Maureen Anlauf 2/2017
- Donald Robbins 2/11/2017
- Claire Diss, 2/13/2017
- Jeffrey Yon 2/14/2017
- Daniel Lee Dace 2/22/2017
- Lisa Zena 3/2017
- Patricia Chesbrough March 2017
- Malia Damon April 2017
- Whitney Jade Washuta April 2017
- Dr John Hoffmann April 2017
- Kenley Ratliff June 2017
- Dianna L. Carboni-Piquette 6/10/2017
- Jim Berger 6/18/2017
- Kimberly Seago 6/2017
- Tamela Wilson 6/23/2017
- Ryan Maidenberg June 11, 2017
- Jeff Naticchia 7/27/17
- Christine Marie Fatur August 2017
- Harry Marvin “Marvy” Snyder, Jr August 21, 2017
- Michael Yoder 8/25/2017
- Nancy Wheeler 9/9/2017
- Fran Sussman September 2017
- Dawn Carlson September 2017
- Shannon Devine 9/2017
- Kevin Furey 10/2017
- Frank Laird 10/11/2017
- Stephen R. Lewis 10/6/2017
- Miguel Angel Julio Perez-lizano 10/20/17
- Beth Frances Williams 10/5/2017
- Ryan Nicholas Bucher 3/3/2017
- Patrick Haley 11/7/2017
- Diane J. Marie Nov 5, 2017
Lyme Books from 2017
Praying Through Lyme Disease- Book of Prayers
- Spot the Tick….. in England: The Important Message
Fighting for My Life: How I Found God and Beat Lyme Disease
- New Paradigms in Lyme Disease Treatment: 10 Top Doctors Reveal Healing Strategies That Work
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- The Best Part of My Day: A Healing Journal for Chronically Ill Patients
by Sharon E. Rainey
- Lyme Savvy: Treatment Insights for Lyme Patients and Practitioners
by Sharon E. Rainey
- Unlocking Lyme: Myths, Truths, and Practical Solutions for Chronic Lyme Disease
How To Fix Lyme Disease: 3 Secrets to Improve Any Lyme Disease Treatment
- Preventing Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Infections
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Lyme Disease
- Reciprocal cooperation of phytochemicals and micronutrients against typical and atypical forms of Borrelia spp.
- Concurrent babesiosis and serological evidence of Lyme disease in a young patient.
- Range Expansion and Increasing Borrelia burgdorferi Infection of the Tick Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Iowa, 1990-2013.
- Pet ownership increases human risk of encountering ticks.
- Borrelia burgdorferi infection induces lipid mediator production during Lyme arthritis.
- Doctor says you are cured, but you still feel the pain. Borrelia DNA persistence in Lyme disease.
- A Dual Luciferase Reporter System for B. burgdorferi Measures Transcriptional Activity during Tick-Pathogen Interactions.
- Serious Bacterial Infections Acquired During Treatment of Patients Given a Diagnosis of Chronic Lyme Disease – United States.
- Tick, Diseases, Lyme.
- Computationally optimized deimmunization libraries yield highly mutated enzymes with low immunogenicity and enhanced activity.
- Impact of a freeway on the dispersal of ticks and Ixodes ricinus-borne pathogens: forested resting areas may become Lyme disease hotspots.
- Diagnostic Utility of Erythema Migrans.
- Detection and Differentiation of Lyme Spirochetes and Other Tick-Borne Pathogens from Blood Using Real-Time PCR with Molecular Beacons.
- Expansion of the Lyme Disease Vector <i>Ixodes Scapularis</i> in Canada Inferred from CMIP5 Climate Projections.
- The Geographic Distribution of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) Revisited: The Importance of Assumptions About Error Balance.
- BosR Is A Novel Fur Family Member Responsive to Copper and Regulating Copper Homeostasis in Borrelia burgdorferi.
- Insights into PG-binding, conformational change, and dimerization of the OmpA C-terminal domains from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and Borrelia burgdorferi.
- Molecular evidence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in patients in Brazilian central-western region.
- T2 Magnetic Resonance-based Direct Detection of Three Lyme Disease-Related <i>Borrelia</i> Species in Whole Blood Samples.
- Bibrachial plegia due to Lyme radiculopoliomyelitis-myelitis.
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Bartonella
- Rapidly Progressive Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Stenosis Due to Bartonella Species Endocarditis.
- Immunosuppressive and angiogenic cytokine profile associated with Bartonella bacilliformis infection in post-outbreak and endemic areas of Carrion’s disease in Peru.
- Gene Transfer Agent Promotes Evolvability within the Fittest Subpopulation of a Bacterial Pathogen.
- Drivers of Bartonella infection in micromammals and their fleas in a Mediterranean peri-urban area.
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- Neurological and immunological dysfunction in two patients with <i>Bartonella henselae</i> bacteremia.
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- Prevalence of Vector-Borne Pathogens in Southern California Dogs With Clinical and Laboratory Abnormalities Consistent With Immune-Mediated Disease.
- Description of Candidatus Bartonella fadhilae n. sp. and Candidatus Bartonella sanaae n. sp. (Bartonellaceae) from Dipodillus dasyurus and Sekeetamys calurus (Gerbillinae) from the Sinai Massif (Egypt).
- Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato detected in the blood of Norwegian patients with erythema migrans.
- Comparison of Microbiomes between Red Poultry Mite Populations (Dermanyssus gallinae): Predominance of Bartonella-like Bacteria.
- Beware the cat: bartonella henselae infections and biologic therapies.
- First description of Bartonella koehlerae infection in a Spanish dog with infective endocarditis.
- [Tick-borne infections in Denmark].
- Evidence and molecular characterization of Bartonella spp. and hemoplasmas in neotropical bats in Brazil.
- The seroprevalence of <i>Bartonella henselae</i> in healthy adults in Korea.
- Bartonella Species, an Emerging Cause of Blood-Culture-Negative Endocarditis.
- Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Bartonella henselae presenting as recurrent fever and imitating granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
- Management of Bartonella Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis without Cardiac Surgery.
- Liver microbiome of Peromyscus leucopus, a key reservoir host species for emerging infectious diseases in North America.
- The Conjugative Relaxase TrwC Promotes Integration of Foreign DNA in the Human Genome
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Ehrlichiosis
- Vector-Borne Pathogens in Stray Dogs in Northeastern Turkey.
- Serum antioxidant capacity and oxidative damage in clinical and subclinical canine ehrlichiosis.
- Molecular Detection of Tick-Borne Pathogen Diversities in Ticks from Livestock and Reptiles along the Shores and Adjacent Islands of Lake Victoria and Lake Baringo, Kenya.
- Therapeutic management of canine ehrlichiosis with aid of blood transfusion: a case report.
- An ELISA immunoassay employing a conserved Leishmania hypothetical protein for the serodiagnosis of visceral and tegumentary leishmaniasis in dogs and humans.
- Investigating the Adult Ixodid Tick Populations and Their Associated Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, and Rickettsia Bacteria at a Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Hotspot in Western Tennessee.
- Prevalence of Vector-Borne Pathogens in Southern California Dogs With Clinical and Laboratory Abnormalities Consistent With Immune-Mediated Disease.
- Relative Risk for Ehrlichiosis and Lyme Disease in an Area Where Vectors for Both Are Sympatric, New Jersey, USA.
- Endosymbiont interference and microbial diversity of the Pacific coast tick, Dermacentor occidentalis, in San Diego County, California.
- Tick-Borne Emerging Infections: Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis.
- Occurrence of Leishmania infantum in the central nervous system of naturally infected dogs: Parasite load, viability, co-infections and histological alterations.
- Clinical and hematobiochemical response in canine monocytic ehrlichiosis seropositive dogs of Punjab.
- Cytopenias and clonal expansion of gamma/delta T-cells in a patient with anaplasmosis: a potential diagnostic pitfall.
- A Bayesian spatio-temporal model for forecasting the prevalence of antibodies to Ehrlichia species in domestic dogs within the contiguous United States.
- The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) as a potential host for rickettsial pathogens in southern Italy.
- Canine pancytopoenia in a Mediterranean region: a retrospective study of 119 cases (2005 to 2013).
- Genetic profiling for Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species in ticks collected in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
- Comparative Genomics of the Zoonotic Pathogen Ehrlichia chaffeensis Reveals Candidate Type IV Effectors and Putative Host Cell Targets.
- Detection of Borrelia miyamotoi and other tick-borne pathogens in human clinical specimens and Ixodes scapularis ticks in New York State, 2012-2015.
- Experimental evaluation of Peromyscus leucopus as a reservoir host of the Ehrlichia muris-like agent.
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Tick, Rickettsia Rickettsiae (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever).
- Investigating the Adult Ixodid Tick Populations and Their Associated Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, and Rickettsia Bacteria at a Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Hotspot in Western Tennessee.
- Retrospective Case Reports of Two Central North Carolina Residents: Frequency of Tick Bites and Associated Illnesses, 2001-2014.
- The Distinct Transcriptional Response of the Midgut of Amblyomma sculptum and Amblyomma aureolatum Ticks to Rickettsia rickettsii Correlates to Their Differences in Susceptibility to Infection.
- Endosymbiont interference and microbial diversity of the Pacific coast tick, Dermacentor occidentalis, in San Diego County, California.
- An unusual case of sepsis and petechial rash.
- Vector competence of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) for Rickettsia rickettsii.
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Mexico: past, present, and future.
- Child Neurology: Rocky Mountain spotted fever encephalitis.
- Molecular and serological evidence of flea-associated typhus group and spotted fever group rickettsial infections in Madagascar.
- Unique Strain of Rickettsia parkeri Associated with the Hard Tick Dermacentor parumapertus Neumann in the Western United States.
- [Fatal case of rickettsiosis in a toddler from southeastern Mexico].
- Proteolytic Cleavage of the Immunodominant Outer Membrane Protein rOmpA in Rickettsia rickettsii.
- Retrospective Study of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Children.
- Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases.
- Association of the occurrence of Brazilian spotted fever and Atlantic rain forest fragmentation in the São Paulo metropolitan region, Brazil.
- Notes from the Field: Community-Based Prevention of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever – Sonora, Mexico, 2016.
- [Complications and cause of death in mexican children with rocky mountain spotted fever].
- Efficacy of Tagetes minuta (Asteraceae) essential oil against Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae) on infested dogs and in vitro.
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Borrelia Miyamotoi
- [Update on Tick-Borne Diseases in Germany].
- Detection and genetic characterization of a wide range of infectious agents in Ixodes pavlovskyi ticks in Western Siberia, Russia
- Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato detected in the blood of Norwegian patients with erythema migrans.
- [Tick-borne infections in Denmark].
- Transmission of Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato relapsing fever group spirochetes in relation to duration of attachment by Ixodes scapularis nymphs.
- Crowdsourcing-based nationwide tick collection reveals the distribution of Ixodes ricinus and I. persulcatus and associated pathogens in Finland.
- Detection of <i>Anaplasma phagocytophilum</i>, <i>Babesia microti</i>, <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>, <i>Borrelia miyamotoi</i>, and Powassan Virus in Ticks by a Multiplex Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay.
- Immune evasion of Borrelia miyamotoi: CbiA, a novel outer surface protein exhibiting complement binding and inactivating properties.
- Melting pot of tick-borne zoonoses: the European hedgehog contributes to the maintenance of various tick-borne diseases in natural cycles urban and suburban areas.
- <i>Borrelia</i> Diversity and Co-infection with Other Tick Borne Pathogens in Ticks.
- Evaluation of a serological test for the diagnosis of Borrelia miyamotoi disease in Europe.
- Use of Mass-Participation Outdoor Events to Assess Human Exposure to Tickborne Pathogens.
- The first case of imported Borrelia miyamotoi disease concurrent with Lyme disease.
- Host Immune Evasion by Lyme and Relapsing Fever Borreliae: Findings to Lead Future Studies for <i>Borrelia miyamotoi</i>.
- Toward a Complete North American Borrelia miyamotoi Genome.
- Detection of Borrelia miyamotoi and other tick-borne pathogens in human clinical specimens and Ixodes scapularis ticks in New York State, 2012-2015.
- Development and optimization of an in vitro cultivation protocol allows for isolation of Borreliamiyamotoi from patients with hard tick-borne relapsing fever.
- Ticks and Borrelia in urban and peri-urban green space habitats in a city in southern England.
- Borrelia miyamotoi in vectors and hosts in The Netherlands.
- Diagnosing Borreliosis.
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Powassan Virus
- Powassan Virus: An Emerging Arbovirus of Public Health Concern in North America.
- Powassan/Deer Tick Virus and Borrelia Burgdorferi Infection in Wisconsin Tick Populations.
- Detection of <i>Anaplasma phagocytophilum</i>, <i>Babesia microti</i>, <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>, <i>Borrelia miyamotoi</i>, and Powassan Virus in Ticks by a Multiplex Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay.
- Notes from the Field: Powassan Virus Disease in an Infant – Connecticut, 2016.
- Emerging Causes of Arbovirus Encephalitis in North America: Powassan, Chikungunya, and Zika Viruses.
- Modeling Powassan virus infection in Peromyscus leucopus, a natural host.
- West Nile Virus and Other Nationally Notifiable Arboviral Diseases – United States, 2015.
- Transmission bottlenecks and RNAi collectively influence tick-borne flavivirus evolution.
- The eye and tick-borne disease in the United States.
- Transmission and evolution of tick-borne viruses.
- Spinal Cord Ventral Horns and Lymphoid Organ Involvement in Powassan Virus Infection in a Mouse Model.
- Infection resistance and tolerance in Peromyscus spp., natural reservoirs of microbes that are virulent for humans.
- Molecular detection of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome and tick-borne encephalitis viruses in ixodid ticks collected from vegetation, Republic of Korea, 2014.
- Immune Cell Targets of Infection at the Tick-Skin Interface during Powassan Virus Transmission.
- Protective immunity spectrum induced by immunization with a vaccine from the TBEV strain Sofjin.
- Emergence of Human Arboviral Diseases in the Americas, 2000-2016.
- Tick-Borne Illnesses.
- Four emerging arboviral diseases in North America: Jamestown Canyon, Powassan, chikungunya, and Zika virus diseases.
- Management approaches for suspected and established Lyme disease used at the Lyme disease diagnostic center.
- Emerging Cases of Powassan Virus Encephalitis in New England: Clinical Presentation, Imaging, and Review of the Literature.
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