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Posted by Pam Weintraub (Member # 15718) on :

http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/emerging-diseases/200902/tick-menagerie-lyme-isnt-the-only-disease-you-can-get-tick

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Tick menagerie: Lyme isn't the only disease you can get from a tick
By Pamela Weintraub on February 28, 2009 - 10:24am in Emerging Diseases

Sitting next to Burgdorfer in a sun-drenched conference room at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories, I watched him remove from his ancient briefcase a handwritten chart that had withstood the test of time. Yellowed and creased, the paper listed microbes, six in all. "These," he told me, "are what I found in the Shelter Island ticks."
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Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :

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Thanks for keeping 'em coming. You are a credit to journalists.

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Posted by Leelee (Member # 19112) on :

Thank you for posting.

That is very scary stuff!

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

i just broke up pam's article for us neuro lyme folks, and it can be found here!

http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/emerging-diseases/200902/tick-menagerie-lyme-isnt-the-only-disease-you-can-get-tick/comments

talking about WORMS this time!

gale, i hope you read this one and make comments!! i thought of you when reading this one.

Posted by lou (Member # 81) on :

I got a "page not found" message when I tried to post a comment.

Posted by Dekrator48 (Member # 18239) on :

Thank you, Pam. I really enjoy reading your articles.

Posted by Lymeorsomething (Member # 16359) on :

What kills nematodes besides salt and C? Any thoughts? What about the commercial dewormers such as albenza?

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

lou, i got that too.

click on PAM'S 1ST LINK that shows her actual article, go to bottom and then click on COMMENTS where you can post them.

now, i copied again where comments are, i'll check to see if it's same as what i posted last night ??

http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/emerging-diseases/200903/tick-menagerie-lyme-isnt-the-only-disease-you-can-get-tick/comments

looks like it IS! so USE PAM'S POST ON TOP OF HER POST! thanks lou/all!