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Birds vs. Rodents in Transmitting Tick-Borne Pathogens

https://danielcameronmd.com/birds-rodents-transmitting-tick-borne-pathogens/

Birds vs. rodents in transmitting tick-borne pathogens

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While white-footed mice are considered to be the primary reservoir for tick-borne pathogens, the role of birds as hosts in transmitting such infectious agents is not fully understood. A new study examines the transmission patterns in Canada between the two groups.

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In their study, “Transmission patterns of tick-borne pathogens among birds and rodents in a forested park in southeastern Canada,” Dumas et al. “investigated and compared the role of breeding birds to rodents in local transmission dynamics of B. burgdorferi s.s., A. phagocytophilum and B. miyamotoi, which are emerging pathogens in southeastern Canada.”¹

Researchers collected ticks and rodents from the Mont Saint-Bruno National Park in Quebec, an area endemic for Lyme disease. They aimed to identify:

  • Distribution of tick-borne pathogens B. burgdorferi, B. miyamotoi, and A. phagocytophylum in ticks and tick hosts;
  • Evaluate the contribution of birds as hosts to B. burgdorferi transmission compared with white-footed mice;
  • Determine risk factors for tick infestation and B. burgdorferi infectivity among hosts.

They collected 25,150 larvae, 4,177 nymphs and 232 adult blacklegged ticks.  And trapped 665 mice, 13 Eastern chipmunks, 15 Northern short-tailed shrew and one Red-backed vole.

The team found 470 (70.68%) mice, 12 (92.31%) chipmunks and 2 (13.33%) shrews infested with at least one tick. Ticks were not found on the only vole captured. Ticks collected from these small mammals were predominantly attached to the ears.

Approximately 70% of mice and 92% of chipmunks were infested with at least one tick, compared with 29% of captured birds.

Additionally, 849 birds belonging to 50 different species were captured. Researchers found ticks on 28.86% of the birds, “with the majority of these ticks removed from members of the Passerellidae (37.41%), Turdidae (31.11%) and Parulidae (17.04%) families,” writes Dumas.

How many hosts were infected with tick-borne pathogens?

When reviewing tick-borne pathogens detected in hosts tissue, the authors found 33.92% of mice were positive for B. burgdorferi, 0.48% for B. miyamotoi and none for A. phagocytophilum.

Meanwhile, 84.62% of chipmunks were positive for B. burgdorferi, 15.38% for B. miyamotoi and 7.69% for A. phagocytophilum.

“Pathogens were not detected in any of the bird biopsies (n = 262),” the authors point out. However, birds may not be infected but they are responsible for carrying the ticks to new areas.  They also supply a much needed meal for the ticks.

“Our results support the relevance of considering the role of hosts other than the white-footed mouse in eco-epidemiological studies of tick-borne diseases,” the authors suggest.

Related Articles:

What nesting songbirds tell us about Lyme disease in Canada
Impact of environmental changes on tick-borne diseases in Canada
Causes for under-detection of Lyme disease in Canada

References:
  1. Dumas A, Bouchard C, Dibernardo A, et al. Transmission patterns of tick-borne pathogens among birds and rodents in a forested park in southeastern Canada. PLoS One. 2022;17(4):e0266527. Published 2022 Apr 7. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0266527

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For far too long, the white-footed mouse has been given too much credit for the spread of ticks and TBIs.  Many do not know that reptiles are also reservoirs.  And birds can travel great distances dropping ticks along the way that are from other parts of the globe.

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Anaplasmosis, Borrelia Miyamotoi (Relapsing Fever Group), Lyme, Ticks, Transmission

Study Finds Strong Evidence of Increased Risk of Myocarditis & Pericarditis in the Week Following COVID Shot in Both Males & Females

**UPDATE**

Despite the ongoing evidence of COVID shots causing blood clotting and heart issues, the CDC recently released 148 REDACTED pages on the topic.

It should come as no surprise, therefore, that there is now an obvious concern about receiving a blood transfusion using COVID ‘vaccinated’ blood.  This article based on a Twitter post relays an important patient case of a COVID ‘vaxxed’ blood transfusion causing blood clotting and pericarditis. Similarly to the redacted pages and blind refusal to admit the gene therapy injections are causing widespread blood and heart problems, researchers are carefully toeing the narrative by stooping so low as to compare the potential for life-altering health issues to a historical example of denying blood based upon race (the old race card).  There is quite a difference between the two when you consider the potential life-altering damage from COVID ‘vaxxed’ blood. It’s simply easier to call it all ‘misinformation.’

You be the judge.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31401-5

Open Access

Published:

Age and sex-specific risks of myocarditis and pericarditis following Covid-19 messenger RNA vaccines

Stéphane Le Vu, Marion Bertrand, Marie-Joelle Jabagi, Jérémie Botton, Jérôme Drouin, Bérangère Baricault, Alain Weill, Rosemary Dray-Spira & Mahmoud Zureik

Nature Communications volume 13, Article number: 3633 (2022) Cite this article

Abstract

Cases of myocarditis and pericarditis have been reported following the receipt of Covid-19 mRNA vaccines. As vaccination campaigns are still to be extended, we aimed to provide a comprehensive assessment of the association, by vaccine and across sex and age groups. Using nationwide hospital discharge and vaccine data, we analysed all 1612 cases of myocarditis and 1613 cases of pericarditis that occurred in France in the period from May 12, 2021 to October 31, 2021. We perform matched case-control studies and find increased risks of myocarditis and pericarditis during the first week following vaccination, and particularly after the second dose, with adjusted odds ratios of myocarditis of 8.1 (95% confidence interval [CI], 6.7 to 9.9) for the BNT162b2 and 30 (95% CI, 21 to 43) for the mRNA-1273 vaccine. The largest associations are observed for myocarditis following mRNA-1273 vaccination in persons aged 18 to 24 years. Estimates of excess cases attributable to vaccination also reveal a substantial burden of both myocarditis and pericarditis across other age groups and in both males and females.

Important excerpt from the Discussion Section:

In conclusion, this study provides strong evidence of an increased risk of myocarditis and of pericarditis in the week following vaccination against Covid-19 with mRNA vaccines in both males and females, in particular after the second dose of the mRNA-1273 vaccine. Future studies based on an extended period of observation will allow to investigate the risk related to the booster dose of the vaccines and monitoring the long-term consequences of these post vaccination acute inflammations.

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The waters are muddied for Lyme/MSIDS patients that have agreed to be a part of this mRNA experiment as Lyme/MSIDS also causes heart issues:

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Activism, Heart Issues, Lyme, vaccines

Tuttle’s Comment to TBDWG After His 1st Attempt Was Censored

https://www.change.org/p/the-us-senate-calling-for-a-congressional-investigation-of-the-cdc-idsa-and-aldf/u/30735115

Written Public Comment – July 19-20, 2022 Meeting

Carl Tuttle

Hudson, NH, United States

Jul 9, 2022 — 

My communication sent to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group:

———- Original Message ———-
From: CARL TUTTLE <runagain@comcast.net>
To: “Dennis.Dixon1@nih.hhs.gov” <Dennis.Dixon1@nih.hhs.gov>
Cc: (All members of the TBDWG)
Date: 07/09/2022 8:55 AM
Subject: Written Public Comment – July 19-20, 2022 Meeting
 
 
To: All members of the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group,
 
Please see my submission below for the upcoming meeting. As you all know, my previous Written Public Comment was censored removing all references so I wanted to make sure you had an opportunity to read my comment in its entirety. 

It would appear that I’m not the only free thinking individual who recognizes a false narrative as the recent paper below published by academics at the University of Texas, Boston University School of Medicine and George Mason University support my observations; Public Health Officials are propagating a false Lyme disease narrative.
 
Neurological Pain, Psychological Symptoms, and Diagnostic Struggles among Patients with Tick-Borne Diseases
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/7/1178

Abstract

Public health reports contain limited information regarding the psychological and neurological symptoms of tick-borne diseases (TBDs). Employing a mixed-method approach, this analysis triangulates three sources of symptomology and provides a comparison of official public health information, case reports, medical literature, and the self-reported symptoms of patients with Lyme disease and other TBDs. Out of the fifteen neuropsychiatric symptoms reported in the medical literature for common TBDs, headaches and fatigue and/or malaise are the only two symptoms fully recognized by public health officials. Of TBDs, Lyme disease is the least recognized by public health officials for presenting with neuropsychiatric symptoms; only headaches and fatigue are recognized as overlapping symptoms of Lyme disease. Comparisons from a patient symptoms survey indicate that self-reports of TBDs and the associated symptoms align with medical and case reports. Anxiety, depression, panic attacks, hallucinations, delusions, and pain—ranging from headaches to neck stiffness and arthritis—are common among patients who report a TBD diagnosis. Given the multitude of non-specific patient symptoms, and the number and range of neuropsychiatric presentations that do not align with public health guidance, this study indicates the need for a revised approach to TBD diagnosis and for improved communication from official public health sources regarding the wide range of associated symptoms. View Full-Text
 
 
Carl Tuttle’s Written Public Comment:
 
———- Original Message ———-
From: CARL TUTTLE <runagain@comcast.net>
To: “tickbornedisease@hhs.gov” <tickbornedisease@hhs.gov>
Date: 07/08/2022 9:34 AM
Subject: Written Public Comment – July 19-20, 2022 Meeting
 
Preferred identification: 
Carl Tuttle
Hudson, NH 

Member of NH Gov Chris Sununu’s Lyme Disease Study Commission
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/statstudcomm/committees/default.aspx?id=1515 
 
To the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, 

I would like to call attention to a recent paper published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health “More than 14% of the world’s population likely has (had) tick-borne Lyme disease” [1] indicated by the presence of antibodies in the blood, revealing a pooled data analysis of the available evidence. 

As of July 2022, current world population is 7.9 billion and 14% of that number would equal 1.1 billion Lyme infections. 

The CDC claims that a conservative 10% of those treated for EARLY Lyme disease do not recover ending up with Post-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome. Other studies identified in Dr. John Aucotts’s 2020 paper has that number as high as 36 to 50% [2] and yet no one is keeping track of the number of individuals left disabled by the disease; those who went years before diagnosis missing the narrow window of opportunity for successful short-term treatment.  

If we use say 20% as a multiplier, 220 million may have been left in a debilitated state and the only thing we have in the pipeline after thirty years is a vaccine fast-tracked by the FDA in 2017. 

It would appear that all the eggs have been put into one basket for the sake of a vaccine leaving the sick and disabled to fend for themselves. Sicken in place while we wait for a vaccine; sound familiar? A chronic relapsing seronegative disease doesn’t fit the vaccine model. Is that why we have avoided these patients and why the CDC refuses to recognize the disabling stage of Lyme disease? If we studied the horribly disabled, chronic infection would be uncovered. Postmortem studies have already proven that we have been dealing with an antibiotic resistant/tolerant superbug. 

The false narrative that Lyme disease is hard to catch and easily treated with 2-4weeks of antibiotics was created by those who had a vested interest in profiting from a vaccine. The CDC has propagated that false narrative for decades and to this day refuses to recognize the disabling stage of Lyme disease. Wake up America! 
 
Carl Tuttle
Hudson NH 

References: 

1. More than 14% of world’s population likely has (had) tick-borne Lyme disease
https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/more-than-14-of-worlds-population-likely-has-had-tick-borne-lyme-disease 

2. Post-treatment Lyme Disease as a Model for Persistent Symptoms in Lyme Disease
Alison W. Rebman and John N. Aucott    Feb 2020
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7052487/

Neurological Pain, Psychological Symptoms, and Diagnostic Struggles among Patients with Tick-Borne Diseases
Neurological Pain, Psychological Symptoms, and Diagnostic Struggles among Patients with Tick-Borne Diseases
Public health reports contain limited information regarding the psychological and neurological symptoms of tick-borne diseases…
https://www.mdpi.com
 

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Study: Public Health vs Reality Regarding TBDs

https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/7/1178

Neurological Pain, Psychological Symptoms, and Diagnostic Struggles among Patients with Tick-Borne Diseases

by Sarah P. Maxwell1,*, Chris Brooks2, Connie L. McNeely3 and Kevin C. Thomas2
1School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
2Laboratory for Human Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
3Center for Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Academic Editor: Raphael B. Stricker
Healthcare 2022, 10(7), 1178; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10071178
Received: 3 June 2022 / Revised: 20 June 2022 / Accepted: 21 June 2022 / Published: 23 June 2022
(This article belongs to the Section Preventive Medicine)
Abstract

Public health reports contain limited information regarding the psychological and neurological symptoms of tick-borne diseases (TBDs). Employing a mixed-method approach, this analysis triangulates three sources of symptomology and provides a comparison of official public health information, case reports, medical literature, and the self-reported symptoms of patients with Lyme disease and other TBDs.
  • Out of the fifteen neuropsychiatric symptoms reported in the medical literature for common TBDs, headaches and fatigue and/or malaise are the only two symptoms fully recognized by public health officials.
  • Lyme disease is the least recognized by public health officials for presenting with neuropsychiatric symptoms
  • Only headaches and fatigue are recognized as overlapping symptoms of Lyme disease
  • Comparisons from a patient symptoms survey indicate that self-reports of TBDs and the associated symptoms align with medical and case reports.
    • anxiety
    • depression
    • panic attacks
    • hallucinations
    • delusions
    • pain—ranging from headaches to neck stiffness and arthritis—are common among patients who report a TBD diagnosis.

Given the multitude of non-specific patient symptoms, and the number and range of neuropsychiatric presentations that do not align with public health guidance, this study indicates the need for a revised approach to TBD diagnosis and for improved communication from official public health sources regarding the wide range of associated symptoms. View Full-Text

Category:

Lyme, Psychological Aspects, research

Methylene Blue – Magic Bullet?

https://www.betterhealthguy.com/episode166  (Transcript Here)

Episode #166: Methylene Blue with Dr. John Lieurance, ND, DC

Last Updated: May 28 2022

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In this episode, you will learn about the potential applications of the “magic bullet” methylene blue.

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My guest for this episode is Dr. John Lieurance.  John Lieurance, ND, DC is a naturopath and chiropractic neurologist who has been in private practice for 27 years.  He directs Advanced Rejuvenation, a multi-disciplinary clinic, with a focus on alternative and regenerative medicine, naturopathic medicine, functional neurology functional cranial release, Lumomed, Lyme disease, mold illness, and many other neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, degenerative neurological disease, and inner ear conditions.  He travels internationally teaching other doctors.  Dr. Lieurance founded UltimateCellularReset.com, a web based educational portal, which sends out weekly videos on health and wellness tools for overcoming disease and fostering longevity and vitality.  He has been featured in many podcasts and documentaries.  He is the author of the 5-star book Melatonin: Miracle Molecule available on Amazon and at MelatoninBook.com.

Key Takeaways

  • What is the history of methylene blue in medicine?
  • Can methylene blue be helpful in addressing vector-borne infections such as Borrelia, Bartonella, and Babesia?
  • Does methylene blue have virucidal properties?
  • How might methylene blue be helpful in chronic UTIs and interstitial cystitis?
  • What effect of methylene blue on biofilms and the organisms within them?
  • What role does methylene blue play in the electron transport chain?
  • How might methylene blue be anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective?
  • Might methylene blue have a role as a cognitive enhancer?
  • What is the role of methylene blue in concussions and TBIs?
  • Can methylene blue play a role in improving depression?
  • Can methylene blue lead to detoxification reactions? Are binders and drainage support recommended?
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  • How might nano silver, nano gold, or red light therapy potentize the effects of methylene blue?
  • Should ascorbic acid be taken with methylene blue?
  • Should CoQ10 be avoided with methylene blue?
  • Should methylene blue be used daily or pulsed?
  • Can methylene blue be used with psychedelic interventions?
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I’ve had my eye on MB since this came out:  https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/05/05/good-news-for-bartonella-patients-identification-of-fda-approved-drugs-with-higher-activity-than-current-front-line-drugs/

I’ve just forwarded to my LLMD for his perusal but would love to consider this if I relapse again with Bartonella.  As you all know, antibiotics have blow-back and although Clarithromycin/rifampin get us back to rights each and every time we take it, the old gut is not tolerating this treatment for very long.  I’m always looking for a “plan B” as you never know when the proverbial “shoe will drop” making life miserable again.

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Babesia, Bartonella, Lyme, Treatment