https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/01/19/cdc-denies-to-downplay-lyme-epidemic/ In the last paragraph of the article, I stated that there was nearly twelve billion in NIH grants. That number has been corrected in the article and is actually nearly twelve million.
Apologies, and thank you Jenna for seeing this.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/yu-hw011317.php
PUBLIC RELEASE: 16-JAN-2017
How ‘stealth warrior’ bacteria turn a tick’s gut microbes against itself
YALE UNIVERSITY
New Haven, Conn.– Before infecting humans, tick-borne bacteria or viruses first have to get past a tick’s defenses to colonize it. How this occurs is not well understood. To investigate, Yale researchers studied a model of the second-most-common tick-borne infection in the United States, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, which can cause headaches, muscle pain, and even death.
The researchers found that in ticks, the bacterium that causes the infection, A. phagocytophilum, triggers the expression of a particular protein. This protein alters molecules in the tick’s gut, allowing the bacteria to enter and colonize the gut microbes.
“It’s like a stealth warrior that indirectly changes the tick by using the tick’s own defense system,” said Erol Fikrig, M.D., chief of the Infectious Diseases Section at Yale School of Medicine and senior author of the study.
The unexpected finding could help scientists develop strategies to block A. phagocytophilum and other tick-borne agents that cause disease, say the researchers. Fikrig’s team will explore the phenomenon in the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, and its work could have implications for other mosquito-borne infections, such as Zika and West Nile.
The study was published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Other authors are Nabil M. Abraham, Lei Liu, Brandon L. Jutras, Akhilesh K. Yadav, Sukanya Narasimhan, Vissagan Gopalakrishnan, Juliana M. Ansari, Kimberly K. Jefferson, Felipe Cava, and Christine Jacobs-Wagner.
This work was supported in part by a gift from the John Monsky and Jennifer Weis Monsky Lyme Disease Research Fund, by a National Institutes of Health grant, and by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Approx. The Best 18 Sec. ever
Published on Jan 15, 2017
While Wisconsin is an epicenter for tick borne illness, we also have one of the best quarter backs of all time – Aaron Rodgers. Please see for yourself this rare video footage of his infamous Hail Mary pass. Please watch to the end, you won’t be disappointed.
Our next support meeting will be Wednesday February 1 from 5:30pm-8:30pm. Please note it’s on Wednesday.
This will be just a regular support meeting where we will share ideas and encourage one another. If you have found things to be particularly helpful, please bring them and tell us about them. Feel free to bring family and friends.
See you there!
http://triblive.com/local/allegheny/11706467-74/disease-lyme-pennsylvania
Once again, according to preliminary data by the CDC, Pennsylvania leads the nation in Lyme Disease cases with a whopping number of 12,092 in 2016.
Please remember; however, many cases are not counted in state tallies, so the actual numbers are infinitely higher. For instance, the increasing numbers of the tick borne illness (alpha-gal allergy) which causes an allergic reaction to red meat, is not counted as it is considered an allergy not a TBI. https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2017/01/12/tick-related-red-meat-allergy-found-in-minnesota-wisconsin/
Also, the current CDC two-tier testing misses at least half of all cases, so for every person diagnosed with LD, one is sent home with a negative test who very well may be infected.
For an excellent read on the current two-tier testing, see: https://www.lymedisease.org/lyme-basics/lyme-disease/diagnosis/
If you think you have Lyme/MSIDS (multi systemic infectious disease syndrome – or Lyme with friends – as research shows we typically have more pathogens than just borrelia the causative agent of LD), contact your state’s Lyme Support Groups to find reputable Lyme literate doctors in your state. These doctors will test you with a much more sensitive test, but will also diagnose you clinically and treat you appropriately.
The current standard of care for Lyme/MSIDS patients in mainstream medicine is appalling and needs to change.
Madison Area Lyme Support Group 