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Lenzilumab: Proven Effective COVID Treatment

April 12, 2021
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According to a Dartmouth-Hitchcock press release, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) was one of 18 sites that conducted patient trials with lenzilumab and found this drug to be a safe, well-tolerated, and highly effective treatment against COVID-19.

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Advantages of Multiplex Immunoblot Assays for COVID

April 11, 2021
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In this study, researchers found that multiplex COVID-19 Immunoblot (IB) assays offer many advantages for evaluating antibody responses to multiple SARS-CoV-2 proteins in a single sample in COVID-19 patients. 

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Surveillance of Babesiosis in the US

April 11, 2021

New study summarizes human surveillance data from 2011-2018 in the United States for Babesia infections reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). Data shows an increasing trend of reported Babesia cases (14,159 total) during this time period, with white men in the middle and […]

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New Test: Detecting Lyme With “Footprints” of Bacteria

April 10, 2021
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New study shows that detection of Borrelia prophages, equated as “footprints” of Borrelia, can be used to identify the bacteria due to the close correlation between them and the exact prophages found in each Borrelia host.

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Periodontitis Associated With Severe COVID

April 10, 2021
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Case study shows that periodontitis was associated with COVID-19 complication including death, ICU admission and need for assisted ventilation.

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State Lyme Activities

April 9, 2021
State Lyme Activities

The section contains articles of individual state activities and multi state activities related to government actions or patients’ or advocates’ action to legislate or educate. Click on the picture of your state or click on USA for multistate actions or information. A-USA California Colorado  Connecticut  Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois  Kansas Maine   Maryland Massachusetts  Minnesota […]

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NIAID Webpage on Lyme Vaccines

April 9, 2021
NIAID Webpage on Lyme Vaccines

The National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), has a page on Lyme vaccines including its information on what occurred with the first Lyme vaccine, LYMErix, and what is happening with some current vaccines and vaccine research. https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/lyme-disease-vaccines

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Congressional Lyme Caucus 2021

April 9, 2021
Rep. Chris Smith, Pat Smith, Rich Smith discussing actions to take for House Lyme Caucus

The Congressional Lyme Disease Caucus is a bi-partisan group working together in the U.S. House of Representatives to take action on Lyme & tick-borne diseases. Under the continued leadership of Congressmen Chris Smith (NJ) and now with the new 2021 co-chair, Henry Cuellar (TX), the Caucus will help the Lyme Community by focusing on Lyme […]

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Missouri Tick Study: Citizen Tick Submissions Requested

April 8, 2021
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Tick submissions needed! The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and A.T. Still University are partnering on a Missouri tick study. MDC and the University are asking for citizens of Missouri to collect, save, and mail ticks that they encounter to A.T. Still University to assist with this study.

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Lyme Patient Story “one little bite” Video

April 7, 2021
Monica White, Co-Founder/President of COTBDAA

“one little bite” is a video short that was produced by Monica White, COTBDAA Co-founder/President, in a storytelling workshop hosted by Chaffee County Public Health. This is a story about one person, one family, whose lives were forever changed by the bite of a tick. Though presentation of this story may be unique, the theme […]

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