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New Tick-Borne Disease Is Discovered
NY Times ^
| September 19, 2011
| DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Posted on 09/20/2011 8:51:39 PM PDT by neverdem
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posted on
09/20/2011 8:51:42 PM PDT
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neverdem
To: neverdem
So shall this new malady be dubbed Lemon-Lyme disease?
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posted on
09/20/2011 8:58:24 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
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posted on
09/20/2011 9:03:20 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: neverdem
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posted on
09/20/2011 9:06:25 PM PDT
by
Bean Counter
(Obama got mostly Ds and Fs all through college and law school. Keep repeating it.....)
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posted on
09/20/2011 9:13:24 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
To: neverdem
The journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases, must be a fun read. I would be able to follow the articles only if they made them into Mr. DO and Mr. Don't cartoons. Maybe MR. Don't rolling in the tall weeds might work for the tick diseases.
To: All; neverdem
But there is no diagnostic test for it in this country, so it is not yet known whether it has actually made any Americans sick. So there is a diagnostic test somewhere, maybe Russia?
won a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the symptoms and develop a rapid diagnostic kit
We need to spend tax dollars making our own test. Seems wasteful.
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posted on
09/20/2011 9:22:40 PM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(Will racist demagogue Andre Carson be censured by the House?)
To: neverdem
No mention of how to tell if you've got it, and it's so little known doctors aren't even aware of it yet.
What's a hypochondriac to do?
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posted on
09/20/2011 9:28:37 PM PDT
by
Slump Tester
(What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
To: newzjunkey
So there is a diagnostic test somewhere, maybe Russia?Maybe they have to culture the bug in special media.
"
won a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the symptoms and develop a rapid diagnostic kit"
We need to spend tax dollars making our own test. Seems wasteful.
Maybe not, the Russkies are not known for being very generous. Maybe their test is too expensive.
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posted on
09/20/2011 9:36:50 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
To: neverdem
Ticks: from Albuquerque to yekaterinburg...
To: neverdem
Ticks: from Albuquerque to yekaterinburg...
To: Slump Tester
Lyme is only one of the diseases spread by ticks. The drs around here can’t recognize tick caused diseases and rarely order tests even when the patient tells of tick bites. They say it isn’t part of their new flow-chart diagnostic routine.
But it will be much better under obamacare.......................
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posted on
09/20/2011 9:40:00 PM PDT
by
wrench
To: neverdem
One of the few good things about fire ants - where you have fire ants you don't have ticks.
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posted on
09/20/2011 9:48:24 PM PDT
by
decal
(Mother Nature and Real Life are conservatives - the Progs have never figured this out.)
To: newzjunkey
From the article linked in comment# 5:
“We used improved antibody and PCRs to compare the relative frequency and clinical manifestations of B. miyamotoi infection with those of B. garinii infection in Russia and B. burgdorferi infection in the United States.”
PCR is polymerase chain reaction, a technique for making more copies of genetic material, DNA & RNA.
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09/20/2011 9:50:47 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
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In case you missed this...(Thanks, decimon and neverdem for the pings!)
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posted on
09/21/2011 11:34:24 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Smokin' Joe
.(Thanks, decimon and neverdem for the pings!) If I had pinged you then you would be welcome. ;-)
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posted on
09/21/2011 1:01:11 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: neverdem
Dr. Fish found B. miyamotoi in American ticks 10 years ago, but was repeatedly refused a study grant until the Russians proved it caused illness. Its been like pulling teeth, he said. Go ask the N.I.H. why. Because our government isn't really interested in us being healthy.
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posted on
09/21/2011 1:46:43 PM PDT
by
metmom
(For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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posted on
09/21/2011 3:50:30 PM PDT
by
ex-Texan
(Ecclesiastes 5:10 - 20)
To: Slump Tester
What’s a hypochondriac to do?
If you have a pet or a Viking Kitty, buy a copy of Merck Manual and the kitty will come down with something in every chapter.
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posted on
09/21/2011 6:04:39 PM PDT
by
Battle Axe
(Repent, for the coming of the Lord is neigh.)
To: Smokin' Joe
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