...onal tick-borne bacteria. For instance, it wasn’t until 2011 that Borrelia miyamotoi was first identified and recognized as a cause of disease by the CDC. Heartland virus was first identified by the CDC in 2014. A single bite... Read More »
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miyamotoiLYMEPOLICYWONK: Ticks Transmit a World of Disease and Co-infections Into the Lives of Lyme Patients
18
SEP
2014
TOUCHED BY LYME: Sometimes “tick panic” is a good thing
21
AUG
2015
...re being identified all the time. (Keywords to search: Heartland, Bourbon, miyamotoi.) The one you plucked off your child was a lone star tick, you report, so you “don’t have to worry about Lyme disease.” (Do a... Read More »
LYME SCI: Analysis shows standard Lyme testing is highly inaccurate
13
JAN
2017
...at least nine other species known to cause Lyme-like illness, including B. miyamotoi and B. mayonii are not available. This means the standard test for Lyme disease will miss many cases of disease-causing Borrelia. The analysis... Read More »
TOUCHED BY LYME: Hikers should think twice before sitting on rocks
13
MAR
2017
...e pathogens associated with Lyme disease—Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi. (Who knows what nasty co-infections might be lurking in them as well?) Specific data hasn’t been released yet, but one slide shown at... Read More »
LYME SCI: Tick-borne co-infections are the rule, not the exception
01
MAY
2017
...d by Ixodes ticks: Anaplasma phagocytophilum Borrelia burgdorferi Borrelia miyamotoi Borrelia mayonii Babesia microti Ehrlichia muris Powassan virus Co-infections are the rule To better understand how many microbes can be carried by... Read More »
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