Posts Tagged ‘Miller’

Identification of a Novel Pathogenic Borrelia Species Causing Lyme Borreliosis

The Lancet Infectious Disease, 2016. The Mayo Clinic, in partnership with the Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota health departments and the CDC, identifies a new disease-causing Borrelia, to be named Borrelia mayonii. Includes charts, images, map, tables.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4975683/

Tick Encounter Resource Center – Education

University of Rhode Island.  Website on the identification of ticks and prevention of tick-borne illnesses.  Includes detailed images.

http://www.tickencounter.org/education/tick_identification/ 

A Cluster of Transfusion-Associated Babesiosis Cases Traced to a Single Asymptomatic Donor

Journal of the American Medical Association. Report on babesia infection after transfusion from an asymptomatic donor.

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/281/10/927

A Limitation of 2-Stage Serological Testing for Lyme Disease: Enzyme Immunoassay and Immunoblot Assay are not Independent Tests

Clinical Infectious Diseases. Elisa and western blot testing accuracy is discussed, including false positives and the need to do both tests together. Includes tables.

http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/313688