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Linda’s comment; Historically, flea-borne diseases are among the most important medical diseases of humans. Plague and murine typhus are known for centuries while the last years brought some new flea-transmitted pathogens, like R. felis and Bartonella henselae.

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ABSTRACT: Historically, flea-borne diseases are among the most important
medical diseases of humans. Plague and murine typhus are known for
centuries while the last years brought some new flea-transmitted
pathogens, like R. felis and Bartonella henselae.

Linda’s comment:  It is nice to see more Vets are getting involved with Lyme and pets….

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The present study describes the only deer
piroplasm detected so far that shows complete identity with B. divergens, in
just over half of the 18S rRNA gene. The entire gene of this deer parasite
should be analysed and transmission experiments undertaken before the
infectivity of B. divergens for red deer can be confirmed.

 

Link: http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&id=21314977&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks

Martin Pall has made a major contribution to our understanding of many of the CHRONIC degenerative diseases we see today. I like the fact that this provides a molecular based explanation that leads to improved understanding of the need for a total nutritional support program in these diseases, which our colleagues all too often dismiss as psychosomatic.

Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com

Link: http://www.thetenthparadigm.org/

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Novel Disease Paradigm Produces Explanations for a Whole Group of Illnesses

A Common Causal (Etiologic) Mechanism for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Fibromyalgia and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Martin L. Pall, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences,
Washington State University and Research Director, The Tenth Paradigm Research Group.

The Tenth Paradigm of Human Disease

The basic proposal that is developed here and is amplified further in my book and in my other web pages, is that the NO/ONOO- cycle explanatory model is the tenth major paradigm of human disease.  There are nine well-accepted paradigms listed below along with the NO/ONOO- cycle:

Major Disease Paradigms

1.   Infectious diseases.

2.   Genetic diseases.

3.   Nutritional deficiency diseases.

4.   Hormone dysfunction diseases.

5.   Allergies.

6.   Autoimmune diseases.

7.   Somatic mutation/selection (cancer).

8.   Ischemic cardiovascular diseases.

9.   Amyloid (including prion) diseases.

10.  NO/ONOO- cycle diseases

Link: http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&id=20929776&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks

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Most hosts, including humans, are simultaneously or sequentially
infected with several parasites. A key question is whether
patterns of coinfection arise because infection by one parasite
species affects susceptibility to others or because of inherent
differences between hosts. We used time-series data from
individual hosts in natural populations to analyze patterns of
infection risk for a microparasite community, detecting large
positive and negative effects of other infections. Patterns
remain once variations in host susceptibility and exposure are
accounted for. Indeed, effects are typically of greater
magnitude, and explain more variation in infection risk, than the
effects associated with host and environmental factors more
commonly considered in disease studies. We highlight the danger
of mistaken inference when considering parasite species in
isolation rather than parasite communities.

Our colleague, Dr Simon Yu, board certified internist in St Louis has written a new book that you must own if you wish be in the know on energy medicine and EAV. Accidental Cure is a must own book. The information it contains might just save your life or the life of a loved one.

Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
www.gordonresearch.com

Article:

“Think differently! We must correct the underlying problems that cause our illnesses.
Only by doing so, will our bodies correct themselves and return to optimal health.”
Simon Yu, M.D.

Weaving Internal Medicine with Alternative Medicine to Use the Best Each Has to Offer

Prevention and Healing clinic integrates traditional internal medicine with Alternative and Complementary medicine for the management of chronic illness when conventional approaches alone have failed.

“My Doctor said everything is fine! Then why do I feel so bad?”

New environments bring new health problems. Conventional medical treatments never deal with the reasons why illnesses exist. They frequently create new health problems as side effects in their attempts to treat symptoms.

Modern medicine has been very successful in dealing with many serious infectious diseases and acute medical problems, but now we are facing greater challenges.

We are dealing with chronic illnesses based on their symptoms such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Allergies, Hypoglycemia, Anxiety, Depression, Irritability, Attention Deficit and Memory Loss, and later diagnosed with Diabetes, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Heart Disease, Cancer, Alzheimer’s, and many others.

If you’re suffering from a chronic and incurable disease, have been diagnosed with “medically unexplained symptoms (MUS)” and labeled as a weird, difficult or extreme patient, there is hope for you. Think outside of MUS head! Your medical problems may not be what you think or what you have been told or diagnosed.

Think hidden parasite infection, food allergies, environmental toxicities from heavy metals and chemical exposures, dental infection, diet and nutrition, unresolved emotional conflict and the need for detoxifications. Accidental Cure, the book, will explain my approach to an individualized evaluation based on your unique biological terrain, bio-cybernetic matrix, and bio-energetic, acupuncture meridian assessment.

You may go to my web site for numerous articles. To be informed of the book’s release, you can sign up for my newsletter through my web site. You’ll be able to purchase the book from my web site or from www.AccidentalCure.com in the spring of 2010. Beware and be warned! To some, this book will seem like it’s just full of crock pot ideas on alternative/complementary medicine. To others, it feels like a sigh of relief, an accidental discovery of an oasis in a desert.

Dr. Simon Yu, M.D. is a Board Certified Internist. He practices Internal Medicine with an emphasis on Alternative Medicine to use the best each has to offer. For more articles and information about alternative medicine as well as patient success stories visit his web site at www.PreventionAndHealing.com or call Prevention and Healing, Inc.,  314-432-7802  314-432-7802 . You can also attend a free monthly presentation and discussion by Dr. Yu on Alternative Medicine at his office on the second Tuesday each month at 6:30 pm. Please call to verify the date and reserve your space.
Simon Yu, M.D.

Prevention and Healing, Inc.
10908 Schuetz Road
St. Louis, MO 63146
314-432-7802  314-432-7802
www.preventionandhealing.com

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Data regarding the type, frequency, and distribution of
tick-borne pathogens and bacterial agents are not widely
available for many tick species that parasitize persons in the
southern United States. We therefore analyzed the frequency and
identity of pathogens and bacterial agents in ticks removed from
humans and subsequently submitted to the Texas Department of
State Health Services, Zoonosis Control Program, from October 1,
2004, through September 30, 2008. The data showed associations of
bacterial agents and potential vectors. Tick-related illnesses
may pose unidentified health risks in areas such as Texas, where
incidence of human disease related to tick bites is low but well
above zero and where ticks are not routinely suspected as the
cause of disease. Cause, treatment, and prevention strategies can
be better addressed through collecting sufficient data to
establish baseline assessments of risk. 

Full article: http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/3/1/42

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Lizards are considered zooprophylactic for almost all Borrelia burgdorferi species, and act as dilution hosts in parts of North America. Whether European lizards significantly reduce the ability of B. burgdorferi to maintain itself in enzootic cycles, and consequently decrease the infection rate of Ixodes ricinus ticks for B. burgdorferi and other tick-borne pathogens in Western Europe is not clear.

Results

Ticks were collected from sand lizards, their habitat (heath) and from the adjacent forest. DNA of tick-borne pathogens was detected by PCR followed by reverse line blotting. Tick densities were measured at all four locations by blanket dragging. Nymphs and adult ticks collected from lizards had a significantly lower (1.4%) prevalence of B. burgdorferi sensu lato, compared to questing ticks in heath (24%) or forest (19%). The prevalence of Rickettsia helvetica was significantly higher in ticks from lizards (19%) than those from woodland (10%) whereas neither was significantly different from the prevalence in ticks from heather (15%). The prevalence of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia spp in heather (12%) and forest (14%) were comparable, but significantly lower in ticks from sand lizards (5.4%). The prevalence of Babesia spp in ticks varied between 0 and 5.3 %. Tick load of lizards ranged from 1 – 16. Tick densities were ~ 5-fold lower in the heather areas than in woodlands at all four sites.

The use of new, highly sensitive diagnostic methods has revealed persistent
infections to be a common feature of different tick-borne diseases, such as
babesiosis, anaplasmosis and heartwater. Antigenic variation can contribute to
disease persistence through the continual elaboration of new surface structures,
and we know in several instances how this is achieved. Continued

Linda’s comment:  The FIGHT program is a perfect example of how you can fight Lyme disease.  As Dr Patricia Gerbarg, MD has found out.  She has not experienced the FIGHT program to my knowledge, but the protocols she mentioned are all part of the FIGHT program.  It is a must that we reduce the total body burden of toxins and pathogens to fight the Lyme critters.  Lyme loves heavy metals.  We are slammed every time we walk out our front doors with 500 to 600 environmental toxins.  It is a daily battle, but I found the FIGHT program made this all very easy.  I only wish I had  the knowledge of the FIGHT program with the first Lyme infection.

I have never taken any antibiotics and don’t intend to, but I focused on the lifelong daily detox program FIGHT and cleaned up my lifestyle, home and diet.  I got rid of all the GMO foods, gluten, sugar, caffeine, alcohol and my body shakes if I pass a fast-food restaurant….the smell turns my stomach.  Once you clean  up your diet and clean up your homestead, you begin to feel better….Lifestyle is probably one of the hardest things I have ever done….Yes, I cheat, but at least now I have learned to cheat. and can neutralize a toxic food if I eat it.  Once you begin to feel better it makes the journey of cleaning up much easier. Just give the FIGHT program 90 days and you too will feel the difference.

Regards, Linda Continued

Impact of RTS,S/AS02_A and RTS,S/AS01_B on Genotypes of P. falciparum in Adults Participating in a Malaria Vaccine

Clinical Trial

RTS,S, a candidate vaccine for malaria, is a recombinant protein expressed in yeast containing part of the circumsporozoite protein (CSP) sequence of 3D7 strain of Plasmodium falciparum linked to the hepatitis B surface antigen in a hybrid protein. The RTS,S antigen is formulated with GSK Biologicals’ proprietary Adjuvant Systems AS02_A or AS01_B. A recent trial of the RTS,S/AS02_A and RTS,S/AS01_B vaccines evaluated safety, immunogenicity and impact on the development of parasitemia of the two formulations. Parasite isolates from this study were used to determine the molecular impact of RTS,S/AS02_A and RTS,S/AS01_B on the multiplicity of infection (MOI) and the csp allelic characteristics of subsequent parasitemias. Continued