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I am a bit confused by this article, @chrisb. WB discovered the cause of Lyme arthritis in the US around 1980, right? That was from Benach's ticks from Long Island, New York. The spirochetes from that batch of ticks would have been what we today call Bb sensu stricto. We now know the causative...

Kris Newby? In all seriousness, I also do not hold store with coincidence. It's a small, small world, especially when it comes to biological agents.

One item here is flat-out wrong. Whatever you may think of the Lyme controversy, even the most strident and conservative IDSA stalwarts will admit that Borrelia Burgdorferi can cause persistent infection. They think it's exceptional, but they admit it does happen. ILADS advocates contend not...