TBDs epidemic out of control in USA and Europe (2 reports)
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Subject: TBDs epidemic out of control in USA and Europe (2 reports)
Date: Dec 12, 2009 2:15 AM
WELLL, OKAYYY, thennn. (2 ARTICLES, BELOW)
We can all count on multiple infections
from a tick-attachment, all thanks to the
bogus attempts by a pair of RE-tards, Durland
Fish and Crazy Eddie Da Sweeg to have a
"gold mine" Empire in Vector Borne Diseases
test kits and vaccines... never telling us
that the only thing we could really do about
Lyme was get rid of the deer.
Sweeg trashes the Navy, his employer, in order
to harvest all the grant money for his ALDF.com
Enterprise:
http://www.actionlyme.org/GOLDWATER_LETTER.htm
Sweeg and Durl conspire to trash Karen Forschner
of the Lyme.org because Karen found out it takes
less that 48 hours of tick attachment to transfer
spirochetes (which would have put a big kink in
their Lyme vaccine protocol or trial planning):
http://www.actionlyme.org/TICK_BITE_CONSPIRACY.htm
Sweeg and Durl and Gary Wormser and the president
of the former Catholic Medical College (that he
ran into the ground, financially), John J. Connolly:
http://www.actionlyme.org/CONNOLLY_FISH_WEINSTEIN.htm
Insider Investors in The Enterprise:
http://www.actionlyme.org/ALDF_BOARD.htm
Big ^^^ Tobacco, the AIG Greenbergs, Mort Zuckerman...
And *these* Foopid Stucks, Sweeg and Durland, didn't
even know what "Relapsing Fever" means, LMAO:
http://www.actionlyme.org/BARBOUR_MUTANTS_1992.htm
It means "NO VACCINE."
Good One, Sweeg!
Good thing you're so "awfully damned intelligent!"
http://www.actionlyme.org/BIOCRIMES_AND_MISDEMEANORS.htm
KMDickson
http://www.actionlyme.org
http://www.relapsingfever.org
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=19998007[uid]&cmd=DetailsSearch&log$=details
Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2009;121(21-22):673-83.
[Pandora's Box: pathogens in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Central Europe.]
[Article in German]
Stanek G.
Institut für Hygiene und Angewandte Immunologie, Medizinische
Universität Wien, Wien, Austria, gerold.stanek@ meduniwien.ac.at.
Among the various species of hard ticks, Ixodes ricinus is the most
frequently found tick throughout Europe. As with other ixodid ticks,
the developmental cycle runs through three stages. In each stage a
blood meal is required in order to develop to the next stage. Ixodes
ricinus has been found to feed on more than 300 different vertebrate
species. Usually, larval ticks feed on small mammals such as mice and
become infected with various microorganisms and viruses, of which some
are substantial pathogens to humans. The pathogens remain in the tick
during molting and are thus transstadially transmitted to the next
developmental stage. Pathogens transmitted to humans are the agents of
Lyme borreliosis, the tick-borne encephalitis virus, Rickettsia
species, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, occasionally Francisella
tularensis, and protozoal Babesia species. Within the scope of an EU
project Ixodes ricinus ticks from all federal states of Austria were
searched by means of PCR methods for bacterial pathogens such as
Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Coxiella
burnetii, Ehrlichia spp., Francisella tularensis, Rickettsia spp., and
protozoal Babesia. Additionally, the prevalence of Bartonella spp. in
this tick species was also determined. Besides the singular detection
of Coxiella burnetii and Francisella tularensis in one tick collection
site the overall prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, borreliae,
rickettsae and babesiae in Ixodes ricinus amounted to 15%, 14%, 6% and
surprising 36% and 51%, respectively. Bartonellae were detected in
about 7%.
PMID: 19998007 [PubMed - in process]
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Tick study results: Infection rate stands at 90%
Written by Susan Wolf
Tuesday, 01 December 2009 00:00
The results of last fall’s tick study in four Fairfield County towns,
including Redding, shows that 90% of the adult ticks that were
collected were infected with Lyme bacteria, compared to 60% in 2007.
Lyme disease is considered a major health issue in Redding.
Overall, the study found 90% of ticks tested were infected with the
Lyme bacteria, with the range from 98% in Newtown to 88% in Redding.
The latest results mark the end of the second phase of a study
coordinated by the Fairfield County Municipal Deer Management
Alliance. As part of the study, deer tick populations in the four
Fairfield County towns — Redding, Ridgefield, Newtown and Bethel —
were examined in the fall 2008 and spring 2009. Then Dr. Eva Sapi, the
molecular biologist and tick-borne disease expert from the University
of New Haven who led the study, analyzed both the number of ticks
found in each of the participating towns and the proportion of ticks
that carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease and the parasite of
babesiosis, a malaria-like illness. Dr. Sapi is an expert in the
collection and analysis of deer ticks.
Symptoms of Lyme disease can range from fever, chills and body aches
to joint swelling, weakness, severe fatigue, trouble concentrating and
temporary paralysis. Some, but not all, who have the disease will see
a bull’s-eye rash between three and 30 days after infection.
Previous studies have reported a rise over the last 10 or more years
in the percentage of ticks found in Connecticut that carry not only
the infectious agents that cause Lyme, but also ehrlichiosis and
babesosis, the alliance said in the press release it issued last week.
Newtown, Bethel, Ridgefield and Redding had ticks analyzed for the
Babesia microti parasite in 2008 and with an infection rate of 30%,
were found to be well above previously reported levels of 5% to 8%,
said Dr. Georgina Scholl, research chair for the alliance. She set up
the tick study.
The three sites in Redding are Fox Run Road Trail, Topstone Park and
John Read Middle School in the vicinity of the Project Adventure area
Dr. Sapi collected 224 ticks in hour-long drags at these sites. Of 181
Redding ticks tested for the Lyme bacteria, 159, or 88%, were
positive. Of 153 tested for babesiosis, 44, or 29%, were positive.
Combining results from all towns on the babesiosis parasite, the study
found a 30% infection rate with a range from 28% in Newtown to
Ridgefield’s 33%.
Ms. Scholl said the alliance’s study is the first systematic study of
ticks from specific locations across Fairfield County, which has had
had the highest number of Lyme disease cases in the state for many
years.
“This information will help towns understand better how to protect
their residents from these infections, and will reinforce the need for
vigilance in controlling ticks. This study will also serve as a
baseline for future studies of changes in tick populations that may
result from various intervention programs such as deer population
reduction programs,” Dr. Scholl said.
Another important aspect of the study, she added, is that it has
collected ticks from parts of town that are in close proximity to
school play areas, ball fields, parks and trails.
“Ongoing studies by others have used ticks submitted by individuals
with unknown places of origin,” Dr. Scholl said.
In the third phase of the tick study, which began this week, ticks
will be collected, counted and analyzed for the presence of co-
infections borrelia, babesia and ehrlichiosis in the same tick. Rates
will be compared with the first two years to see if the high rates of
infection previously found in the 17-town alliance are an indication
of an overall trend or are indicative of local conditions.
Dr. Scholl said on Friday that she expects to get results sooner from
the third phase of the study.
She also pointed to a recent study by Columbia University Center for
Infection and Immunity on ticks collected in nearby Westchester
County, N.Y., where 65% of ticks were infected with the Lyme bacteria,
and a total of 72% were infected with either Lyme or one of four other
tick-borne diseases. The New York study found 32% of ticks infected
with more than one pathogen.
In its press release, the alliance pointed to a new program in
Redding, BeSafeRedding.org, that matches homeowners to volunteer
hunters. The program “acknowledges the direct correlation between high
numbers of deer and higher numbers of ticks,” the release said. Tick
experts now know, the release said, that ticks need deer to complete
their breeding cycle; if there are fewer deer, then fewer ticks will
lay eggs successfully.”
In Newtown, a committee is discussing how best to reduce tick
infection risk. A regional HVCEO (Housatonic Valley Council of Elected
Officials) Lyme Task Force is also educating the public on the need to
reduce the source of ticks (www.hvceo.org/lymemain.php).
The Fairfield County Municipal Deer Management Alliance is a 17-town
appointed deer study group. Its role is to educate communities “on the
role of high deer numbers in supporting the breeding of ticks and
their diseases.”
More information is available on the alliance Web site at www.deeralliance.com
and on the state health department Web site, www.ct.gov/dph/
The tick study is funded by the participating towns and their tick-
borne disease task forces.
"[Real] scientists are *fiercely* independent. That's the good
news."-- NIH's Top Fool, Anthony Fauci