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Topic: Study shows mosquitoes don't carry Lyme

hiker53
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https://www.globallymealliance.org/news/why-you-can-cross-mosquitoes-off-your-lyme-disease-worry-list?utm_campaign=E-blasts&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9enV9TKCV01GqxDoe7l7c_Xk tAyKDXuoNKf9fu6Qm-XsEgSFjDD8o5IYCA1pKSOweQEsrM9AVZEUzyOwACH8rWxQdmGg&_hsmi=368490428&utm_content=368490428&utm_source=hs_email

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Badger2
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This article is biased and misleading. It reifies Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. at the expense of other Lyme vectors. This is not evidence-based science.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25506806
'....Of note is the isolation of Borrelia afzelii from overwintering mosquitoes Aedes vexans in Czech Republic is documented.'
Refs:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9513946

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10885843

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nature24
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do you mind explaining further badger, I'm interested in understanding your analysis of the article hiker provided and what you mean

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kgg
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Nature24, sadly medical/scientific "research" can be very biased, depending on who is paying for it or possibly a desired outcome. This study ruled out that mosquitoes do not transmit Borrelia burgdorferi. But did it look for any of the other 52 types of borrelia? 3 of which are known vectors of Lyme disease. I did not have access to the study to read it. But they only report on Borrelia burgdorferi.

I met someone in Arizona who swears they got Lyme from a mosquito bite.

It drives me crazy. I knew someone who did education on Lyme. They would never say that any tick other than a deer tick could give you Lyme. Why? Because it was never studied to see whether a dog tick/wood chuck tick/moose tick etc., can transmit Lyme. They know they can carry it. But it has never been studied whether it can transmit it.

The problem? People here in Maine worry about whether a tick is a deer tick or not. Me? I am concerned about ANY tick. Just because it hasn't been studied doesn't mean I can't get sick from a tick bite.

I for one do not appreciate the false assurance this article gives. Plus, they carry a lot of more diseases than Lyme that people need to be aware of and try to avoid.

Even in the Lyme community, we need to look at research with critical thinking. Which is hard for people with brain fog!

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hopingandpraying
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I agree.

My son had many mosquito bites on his thigh with an oval red rash (not concentric circles) which I later found out was a form of the bull's-eye rash.

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hiker53
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Thanks for all the replies. I was skeptical of the article but glad it has brought about discussion.

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hiker53
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Thanks for all the replies. I was skeptical of the article but glad it has brought about discussion.

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