Borrelia burgdorferi

Geographic Expansion of Lyme Disease 2015 In August 2015, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published volume 21-8 of its journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases (EIFD) on www.nc.cdc.gov. It contained a study by Dr. Kugeler, “an epidemiologist with the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.” (Dr. Kugeler, CDC, 2015) In this study titled, “Geographic Distribution and Expansion of…

The patient is suffering from Bell’s Palsy, which is flaccid paralysis only on one side of the face. Flaccid paralysis is when a muscle is paralyzed or weakened because the muscles cannot contract. And this is because of never damage. Bell’s Palsy got the name from Dr. Charles Bell in 1821. Because Bell’s palsy come without any warning, people think that they have brain tumor. People that have diabetes and pregnant women are more at risk than other people. This disease is common for people in…

The inclusion criteria were patients who had persistent symptoms that were either: temporally related to erythema migrans rash, considered part of a proven case of symptomatic Lyme disease, or had positive serology findings of B. burgdorferi IgG or IgM antibodies. 280 of 281 patients underwent randomization into 3 drug groups, and all received at least one dose of ceftriaxone as part of the 2 week initial treatment regimen. Randomization by computer to accommodate for baseline characteristics…

disease can range from being debilitating to consuming your entire life. Scientists had very little research to find why the disease persists so long in the body until researchers at the University of Toronto investigated that the bacterium Borrelia Burgdorferi is the problem. It actually attaches to the inner surface of the organisms’ blood vessels. This allowed the bacteria to reach vulnerable tissues or hiding places inside the body. This is all made possible due to the adhesive protein from…

less commonly through human saliva. It has a negative stranded RNA genome. Rabies virus infects the whole central nervous system. It usually lasts 1-3 months. Lyme disease is an example of a bacterial disease. This is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted by the bite or infection of blacklegged ticks known as deer ticks. They are about the size of a poppy seed and because they are so tiny their bite is painless, most people don’t even realized they have been bit. The…

Why It's Real A recent study revealed that patients with chronic fatigue syndrome have low levels of cytokines in their blood, especially in the early stages of the illness. Cytokines are proteins made by the cells of the immune system. They are responsible for blocking viral replication and driving inflammatory response. Where You Can Do More Research http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/clues-the-immune-system-is-behind-chronic-fatigue-syndrome http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-y…

in people with gastric MALT lymphoma. •Chlamydia psittaci, this is linked with people who have MALT lymphoma in the tear gland and around the eye. •Campylobacter jejuni, this is linked with people who have MALT lymphoma in the bowel. •Borrelia burgdorferi, this causes Lyme disease and can be linked with MALT lymphoma in the skin. However lymphoma is not infectious and therefore you can not catch or spread it. Family history Lymphoma is not inherited therefore it is not passed down…

What is biodiversity? Introduction Biodiversity is defined as the variety of life on Earth at all its levels and includes genes to ecosystems, as well as the ecological and evolutionary processes that sustain it (Cardinale, 2012). The Earth’s biodiversity has long been a source of wonderment and scientific curiosity, but is increasingly becoming a source of concern. The sheer diversity of life is of inestimable value. Biodiversity has a number of functions on Earth, from providing a foundation…

The history of climate change as a science can be traced back to the 1860s, when physicist John Tyndall conducted experiments to understand molecular physics, particularly the heat-absorbing abilities of atmospheric gases. Tyndall found that molecules absorb more heat than their individual atomic components, and that the naturally-occurring greenhouse gas nitric oxide absorbs approximately one thousand times more infrared energy than nitrogen or oxygen alone. The concept of climate change as a…