Lyme disease risk from dogs ‘higher than thought’
This is in the UK, it’s potentially higher in the US.
The expected prevalence of infected ticks on dogs is 0.5% or 481 infected ticks per 100,000 dogs.
This is in the UK, it’s potentially higher in the US.
The expected prevalence of infected ticks on dogs is 0.5% or 481 infected ticks per 100,000 dogs.
Warmer winters bring tick-infested springs | StarTribune.com (Minneapolis) http://ow.ly/8EcDQ
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This feels like a press release from a company but some of the things they are discussing are interesting. Mentioned on the page is that they have pre-IND (Investigational New Drug) for Lyme.
Lyme Disease Program: The Company is in the process of completing its pre-IND for the Lyme Disease drug program. A clinical investigator is now being recruited who will assist in completing the clinical design aspects of the pre-IND.
http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/66740/Viral+Genetics+Has+Made+Great+Progress+in+2011++
Yet the CDC then went on to admit: “Conversely, we find no study supporting that sexual intra-human Borrelia burgdorferi transmission does not occur. Inferential data strongly suggest the possibility of human sexual transfer.”
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These results demonstrate that B. burgdorferi can withstand antibiotic treatment, administered post-dissemination, in a primate host.
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This finding raises important questions about the pathogenicity of antibiotic-tolerant persisters and whether or not they can contribute to symptoms post-treatment.
Scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health have published a paper on their research that sequenced genetic blueprints for 13 different strains of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that cause Lyme disease.
The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a $1.9 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study the bacteria that cause Lyme disease.
