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Viral Genetics Has Made Great Progress in 2011

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++

Aggressive antibiotic therapy could not kill all spirochetes in monkeys with disseminated Lyme disease

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.