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Post by Lyme Challenged on Dec 1, 2015 16:14:22 GMT -5
The Era of change is coming soon..
Thomas Grier 15 hrs The Mayo Clinic acknowledging Lyme disease? Maybe now they will start doing real research??? TG
Lyme Disease Coinfections in the United States. Caulfield AJ1, Pritt BS2. Author information
1Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Abstract Lyme disease in North America is caused by infection with the spirochetal bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted by Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus ticks.
These ticks also have the potential to transmit a rapidly expanding list of other pathogenic bacteria, viruses, and parasites, including Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, deer tick (Powassan) virus, Borrelia miyamotoi, and the Ehrlichia muris-like organism.
Coinfections with B burgdorferi and these other agents are often difficult to diagnose and may go untreated, and thus contribute significantly to patient morbidity and mortality from tick-borne infections.
Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS: Anaplasma; Babesia; Borrelia miyamotoi; Deer tick virus; Ehrlichia muris–like agent; Ixodes; Tick-transmitted infections
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