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Genomes & Borrelia

Linda — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:47:51 +0000

Linda’s comment….too bad that Medical University of Vienna, Wienna Austria can work with the US docs on this horrific disease….??

Full article: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=The%20expanding%20Lyme%20Borrelia%20complex-clinical%20significance%20of%20genomic%20species%3F

Excerpt:

Ten years after the
discovery of spirochaetes as agents of Lyme disease in 1982 in the USA,
three genomic species had diverged from the phenotypically heterogeneous
strains of Borrelia burgdorferi isolated in North America and Europe:
Borrelia afzelii, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto (further B. burgdorferi),
and Borrelia garinii.

Almost fatal Borrelia — in Austria

Linda — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:50:17 +0000

Link: http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&id=21050324&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks

Excerpt:

A previously healthy febrile patient with travel history to
Nicaragua showed rapid clinical deterioration with hemodynamic
shock and anuria. Diagnosis of severe malaria was established
based on intra-erythrocytic parasites and antimalarial treatment
was initiated. However, upon reevaluation Babesia microti
infection was suspected and molecular characterization by
polymerase chain reaction and sequence analysis was performed.
(c) 2010 International Society of Travel Medicine.