NEWS RELEASE 23-JUL-2024 A Rutgers Health physician-scientist publishes guidance for primary care doctors diagnosing and treating early Lyme disease, a bacterial infection Peer-Reviewed PublicationRUTGERS UNIVERSITY Every year in the United States, an estimated 476,000 people are diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease. The estimate comes from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....
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Experimental antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease heads for human safety trials
by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert, Northeastern University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHuman safety trials of a novel antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease developed by Northeastern professor Kim Lewis are scheduled to start this spring in Australia, with results anticipated by fall. So far the therapeutic agent, an antibiotic known as hygromycin A, has not been toxic in animals...
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Lyme disease case counts in the US rose by almost 70% in 2022 due to a change in how it’s reported
by Mike Stobbe This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick, a carrier of Lyme disease. U.S. Lyme disease cases jumped nearly 70% in 2022, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Genes to potentially diagnose long-term Lyme disease identified
THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL / MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IMAGE: RESEARCHERS AT ICAHN MOUNT SINAI IN NEW YORK IDENTIFIED 35 GENES THAT COULD BE USED AS BIOMARKERS TO POTENTIALLY DIAGNOSE PATIENTS WITH LONG-TERM LYME DISEASE (LTLD). THE FINDINGS MAY ALSO LEAD TO NEW THERAPEUTIC TARGETS FOR THE HARD-TO-DIAGNOSE DISEASE WITH LIMITED TREATMENT OPTIONS. THE...
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Relative of the bacteria that causes Lyme disease “widespread” in New England
YALE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Evidence of a relative to the bacteria that causes Lyme disease has been detected in human blood samples across New England, according to a new study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health. The findings add important new details to understanding the bacteria species, Borrelia miyamotoi, which was...
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A potential new test for diagnosing Lyme disease
by Tufts University A blacklegged (deer) tick. Credit: Lennart Tange For scientists and clinicians alike, one of the Holy Grails for successfully treating and curing Lyme disease is developing tests that identify the disease sooner, show when people are cured of infection, and can diagnose reinfection. Now, researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine say...
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ARE DEAD BACTERIA BEHIND LONG-TERM LYME DISEASE SYMPTOMS?
These remnants are significantly more inflammatory than live, intact bacteria, the researchers report. The results appear in Scientific Reports. Even after antibiotic treatment, some Lyme disease patients have an array of symptoms including neurological issues that greatly diminish their quality of life. Brain scans of these patients show persistent neuroinflammation, but the cause has been unclear....
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New tool emerging in fight against Lyme disease
by Carol Thompson Host-seeking blacklegged tick. Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CC0 As black-legged ticks crawl their way across Michigan, scientists hope a new vaccine in development could make their presence less menacing. The vaccine would rob the ticks of a trait that makes them exceptional vectors for Lyme disease: the ability to bite and...
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Potential target for treating and diagnosing Lyme disease discovered
by Max Esterhuizen, Virginia Tech Tanner DeHart and Brandon Jutras are two of the researchers that discovered the unique bacterial property. Photo by Alex Crookshanks for Virginia Tech. Credit: Virginia Tech You don’t have to go far to find ticks. Just step outside and look for some grass. Look to the top of the shiny,...
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Novel Lyme vaccine shows promise
by Bill Hathaway, Yale University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Yale University researchers have developed a novel vaccine that in guinea pigs offers protection against infection by the bacterium that causes Lyme disease and may also combat other tick-borne diseases, they report Nov. 17 in the journal Science Translational Medicine. Instead of triggering an immune response against a particular pathogen,...