The Global Search For Education: Ticks – Breaking the Transmission Cycle of Lyme Disease
“We have the first solution, of which we are aware, that can reduce the amount of Lyme disease being transmitted.” – Dr. Tom Monath What if we could vaccinate the white-footed mice that account for the majority of the transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi (the cause of Lyme disease) and significantly reduce the level of tick infection? An oral bait vaccine was distributed to white-footed mice. The mice created...
The Global Search for Education: The Guidelines – Ticks
“The current IDSA guidelines provide the best scientific, evidence-based medical practices for the treatment of Lyme disease including early and late forms.” — Dr. Paul Auwaerter Around the world, the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s guidelines are used by doctors, governments and health insurance companies to determine a patient’s diagnosis and treatment for Lyme disease. These guidelines...
The Global Search for Education: Prevention — Ticks
“What we’ve found is that white-footed mice are the most important hosts in producing infected ticks.” — Rick Ostfeld Given the 300,000 new cases of Lyme disease a year in the US reported by the CDC, it is understandable that health organizations and local governments in this country are extremely anxious to develop a broader, more effective tick-borne diseases control strategy. As you will discover...
The Global Search for Education: France – Ticks
“Chronic Lyme disease is due to the persistence of Borrelia within tissues but is also probably due to other micro-organisms responsible for co-infections.”– Dr. Christian Perronne Lyme (Borreliosis), Anaplasmosis /Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Bartonella, Tularemia, and more recently, Borrelia miyamotoi (a distant relative of Lyme Borreliosis) are recognized tick-borne...
The Global Search for Education: Germany – Ticks
“One of the first projects should be the improvement of the test sensitivity for chronic Lyme disease patients worldwide. The European Union has spent over 1 million Euros on the development of a high-sensitive lab on a chip project which is still underway.” — Dr. Armin Schwarzbach The CDC’s new estimate this month of 300,000 cases of Lyme disease per year in the US (10 times higher than previously...
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