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More Accurate Test For Lyme Disease Announced By Researcher At The Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia
March 5, 2001 A new blood test for Lyme disease may provide a more accurate method for detecting the tick-borne illness, particularly in its early stages when current tests may not yield an accurate diagnosis. A ... > full story -
Brookhaven Scientists Determine Key Lyme Disease Protein Structure
March 1, 2001 A research team working at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has determined the three-dimensional structure of a key protein on the bacterium that causes Lyme ... > full story -
Study Sheds New Light On Lyme Disease Transmission
January 16, 2001 New research on the tick-borne bacteria responsible for Lyme disease likely will make scientists think differently about how to develop a more effective vaccine. The findings clearly demonstrate that ... > full story -
Biodiversity May Reduce Lyme Disease
June 8, 2000 It's well-known that biodiversity makes ecosystems healthier. But new research shows that biodiversity may make people healthier too. People are less likely to get Lyme disease if they live in ... > full story -
Research Shows For The First Time That Lyme Disease Bacterium Does Not Require Iron To Infect Host
June 2, 2000 New research from scientists at the University of Georgia, just published in the journal Science, demonstrates that Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease in humans, is the ... > full story -
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Unexplained, Progressive Paralysis May Result From Tick Bite
January 13, 2000 When a patient – particularly a child – develops unexplained, progressive paralysis, physicians should consider a tick as the potential culprit, according to Medical College of Georgia ... > full story -
New Tool Provides Major Advance For Understanding Chronic Lyme Disease And Other Illnesses
November 30, 1999 One of the most frustrating puzzles of Lyme disease is why some people develop debilitating chronic complications despite receiving recommended treatment. Now scientists have developed a new method ... > full story -
Yale And State Researchers Develop Improved Test For New Tick Disease
October 26, 1999 Yale and state scientists have developed a new, simpler and more reliable blood test to detect a recently discovered disease called ehrlichiosis, which is carried by deer ticks. The test will make it ... > full story -
Researchers Identify New Type Of Potentially Fatal Tick-Borne Disease
July 19, 1999 Researchers have discovered a new form of a tick-borne disease that can be fatal in humans. This finding provides more insight into ehrlichiosis, first identified in humans in the United States in ... > full story -
Vaccines For Tick-Borne Diseases Are On The Way As Researchers Study Ehrlichiosis
September 15, 1998 As two drug companies are racing for approval of a new vaccine to prevent Lyme disease, a similarly dangerous tick-borne illness, ehrlichiosis, is quickly spreading in the southeastern, mid-Atlantic ... > full story
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