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Abstract: The diagnoses of Lyme disease based on clinical manifestations, serological findings and detection of infectious agents often contradict each other. We tested 52 blind-coded serum samples, including 20 pre-treatment and 12 post-treatment sera from clinically suspect Lyme disease patients,…
March 13, 2014 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time From Milford Hospital Pathologist Identifies New Strain of Lyme Disease by DNA Sequencing MILFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Patients with clinical Lyme disease may not be infected by the Lyme disease spirochete (bacteria), but in…
Here we go with yet another species that is found in the United States and abroad. Most people don’t know that the current Lyme test only tests for one or two strains of Lyme, but there is more and more…
STARI (Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness) Southern Tick Associated Rash Illness (STARI), also known as Masters disease, occurs after the bite of the lone star tick. The disease is thought to be caused by the bacterium Borrelia lonestari.Early STARI symptoms are…
Tickborne Relapsing Fever Relapsing fever is an infection caused by the bites of lice or soft-bodied ticks. Tick-borne relapsing fever is found primarily in Africa, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Asia, and certain areas in the Western U.S. and Canada. Most people…
Tick paralysis is the only tick-borne disease that is not caused by an infectious organism. The illness is caused by a neurotoxin produced in the tick’s salivary gland. The tick incoculates the host with a toxin from tick salivary glands…