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Strikingly low incidence compared to what the official line is today. The 20% number comports more with the ILADS folk. Except what he had been doing for a living for the preceeding 25 years...:)

So the timing dovetails with the case study of Lyme arthritis. But when did it first arrive in Europe? Why didn't he nail it as a causative agent possibility back in '78? So they got it was a tick vector. No biggee. Even Steere suspected that early on. But you see spirochetes, you know there's...

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...

A US Lyme forum has picked up the story. Not a lot of posts yet, but still interesting. If anyone cares to see how the other side of the coin sees the debate: http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/1/137911

@Dechi, my infectious disease doctor wants me on it but I deferred for the time being until more results come in (plus I've just come off a long torturous abx protocol; I need a break). The excitement - in terms of humans trialing it - stems from a study done by Dr. Ken Leigner. I respect...

Are you suggesting it should not be important to patients that their disease be labeled as accurately as possible, and without mistakes that would lead to mischaracterization of their disease? Do you consider it being important as being "super sensitive"? ETA: In the context of the last 15 or...

Shame on them, too, if true. How many long-term patients would err that way?

Ok. Then arguably little excuse for referring to our disease as chronic fatigue? Different types of tests, if I recall. In a way, apples and oranges. Also, I've lost track of the set of tests in Igenex's portfolio. I personally have never used them. I know Western Blots, so, I lean that way...

Strangely, I suppose, most things associated with Columbia U leave me a bit frightened.

@ahimsa , I'm right there with you. I've written too much today and my brains are addled and I cannot tell if what I mean to impart with word, I am actually imparting anymore. I was just being silly. :) Do not change a thing!

Three words that strike fear into Science enthusiasts.;)

Truly at the epicenter. All the lines radiate out from your location. Cool on a curious level, but scary for you and your friends and family.

CD 57 abnormalities are not restricted to Lyme, so it reduces this metric utility. This is like CXCL13 in CSF of Lyme patients: there seems to be a coorelation, but it's not proven to be specific to Lyme.

A couple of observations: First, chronic Lyme is a poisoned diagnosis. Discard it. The question is does a patient have Lyme disease. Second, the Western Blot and the C6 and other ELISA's only test for exposure. That's it. It is very very rare to know if a patient's Lyme is active or not...

They'd have to show something on their labs. If their labs show nothing suggestive of Lyme exposure, then imo they should not be diagnosed with Lyme. Too many other possible culprits should go into the differential diagnosis. In the UK the C6 is the lab of choice by the NHS. I prefer the...

Cannot - or should not - extrapolate from n=1. There are doctors projecting their biases through potential misdiagnoses in many medical realms. It's just unfortunate for patients when it happens because it can provide fodder for self-interest groups (eg BPS) whose goals do not necessarily align...

@Dolphin , you really trust any researcher who refers to ME/CFS as chronic fatigue? :) Also, do you know he's not referring to Armin labs? He's likely referring to IgeneX which uses two bands banned by the CDC because they are allocated for vaccine use, and that these two bands are the most...

One way to get a feel for its prevalence is by checking out canine incidence. This is one method by which scientists are mapping Lyme's spread North deep into Canada. I would think they'd have these numbers throughout most of Europe, obviously including the UK.