NANTUCKET, Mass. At least one Massachusetts resident has been infected with a new tick-borne disease, the Cape Cod Times reported. Researchers from the Yale School of Public Medicine said evidence of the disease was discovered in 18 patients in New England and New York, including the patient from Nantucket. The disease is so new that it doesn't have a name.
It's the first time an infection in humans from a bacterium known as Borrelia miyamotoi has been confirmed in the U.S., the newspaper reported. The disease is transmitted by the deer tick, which also infects people with Lyme disease, babesiosis and anaplasmosis.
Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle ache and fatigue and is treated with the same antibiotics used to treat Lyme.
Researchers are now studying if the new disease holds clues to why some patients with Lyme-like symptoms test negative for Lyme.
Source: WCVB TV
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TF
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Yes, this was discussed by Dr. H of NY at the 2011 Lyme Conference.
Below are a few of the notes I took on this subject:
2011 ILADS Conference, Toronto, Canada
Lyme & Babesiosis: Updates on Treatment & Diagnosis 2011
Dr. H 10/28/11
He has 20 years of experience treating lyme; more than 12,000 chronic patients
He was in France and China discussing babesiosis. Talked with Chinese CDC regarding parasites
Some of his patients get better with glutathione alone. It opens up the detox pathways (is an anti-oxidant)
Borrelia miyamotoi is showing up in ticks in Hyde Park, NY. This strain is in Japan. We can�t test for it.
There is a new ehrlichia species also found.
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Notice that when this talk was given, not only did he mention B miyamotoi, but he also mentioned a new ehrlichia species.
Notice also that he said the new B miyamotoi CANNOT be tested for.
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poppy
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Not to worry, it will be said to be easily treated.
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