Applied and Environmental Microbiology, news release, Oct. 2, 2015 -
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Keebler
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- A few of the comments there certainly give one pause if not major laughs. The writers here highly overestimate the will and expertise of most U.S. doctor, highly overestimate.
And they highly underestimate ticks that travel and their ability to adapt.
"Holy Moly !" just pops up a few times while reading that article.
Really, just how is it the ticks would not latch onto other animals if they can't find those they were "programmed" to do so with in their native land?
And, really, just how is it that any regular doctor would even be inclined to consider some of the infections such foreign ticks may carry? They sure don't seem interested even in learning about the tick borne infections we have here in the U.S.
If a patient goes to a regular doctor with any kind of puzzle they are usually just dismissed and shamed. The authors of this article have no idea.
But their article with its "no worries, though, folks - never any need to become educated in such matters so rest your pretty little heads" balm is all wrapped up in a blankie so that people will be able to sleep at night, for now.
Geez, if we actually became educated in such matters, imagine the misery we might prevent. But, oh, don't worry about all that now, Dears.
We have "no evidence" [and are so very glad no one pushes us to really look deeper]. -
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Phoiph
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Here's another article on sea birds as tick hosts:
"Borrelia garinii in Seabird Ticks (Ixodes uriae), Atlantic Coast, North America"
One of my Lyme tests identified the strain of Lyme I contracted as "Garinii", a predominantly neurological strain previously believed to endemic to Europe only (I hadn't been to Europe at the time).
I was infected 1 mile off the coast of RI, on Block Island, which fits the "perfect storm" combination of habitat requirements for Garinii, mentioned in the article (e.g., offshore nesting site for sea birds, with host reservoir of deer/rodent population, etc.).
In the past, the literature (and doctors) have denied the possibility that Garinii existed in the US.
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