NIH Funding Post Treatment Lyme Research for 5 Projects
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced in a press release on 7.21.23 that they have awarded approximately $3.2 million dollars in funding for this first year of research focused […]
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced in a press release on 7.21.23 that they have awarded approximately $3.2 million dollars in funding for this first year of research focused […]
The eBioMedicine Journal (Chung M.K., et al.) 04.2023, published “Systematic comparisons between Lyme disease and post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome in the U.S. with administrative claims data.”
This study aims to learn more about the cause of Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS). PTLDS refers to patients who have been treated for Lyme disease with antibiotics, but have persisting symptoms long after treatment.
Scientific Reports (Gyllemark, P; et al.) published 6.15.23 “Intrathecal Th17-driven inflammation is associated with prolonged post-treatment convalescence for patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis.” In this study, researchers investigated the forces of […]
The Lyme Disease Association will hold its 22nd annual scientific conference, Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases: Research & Clinical Advances 2023, held virtually via zoom on October 13 & 14, 2023. Lyme Disease Association Inc. and Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons provides the conference.
The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) is hosting a groundbreaking workshop “Toward a Common Research Agenda in Infection – Associated Chronic Illnesses: A Workshop to Examine Common, […]
mBio (Scroggs, S., et al.) 2.21.23, published “Of Murines and Humans: Modeling Persistent Powassan Disease in C57BL/6 Mice.” The purpose of the study was to better understand how Powassan virus lineage I (POWV) and lineage II (known as deer tick virus [DTV]) cause long-term symptoms in addition to examining the potential role of viral persistence for the purpose of therapy development.
According to a Montreal Gazette article, an announcement was made by the CIUSSS West-Central Montreal regional health authority, on October 31, 2022, that a clinic for patients with persistent COVID-19 and Lyme disease symptoms has opened at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Earlier this year, Quebec announced plans to open 15 clinics that will specialize in long COVID and Lyme disease, as well as five referral centers and 10 satellite clinics.
Cherie L. Marvel, et al., published “A multimodal neuroimaging study of brain abnormalities and clinical correlates in post treatment Lyme disease” in PLOS ONE on October 26, 2022. The objective was to uncover evidence that may help to explain the cause of cognitive complaints commonly reported amongst patients with post treatment Lyme disease (PTLD).
Lorraine Johnson and Dr. Elizabeth Maloney published “Access to Care in Lyme Disease: Clinician Barriers to Providing Care” in Healthcare on September 27, 2022. The goal of the study was to determine barriers that are encountered by clinicians who provide care for patients with persistent Lyme disease/chronic Lyme disease (PLD/CLD). Patient perspectives on the issue have been examined, however, the challenges faced by providers who are treating this group of patients have not yet been studied.
Pathogens, Theo Schetters, published “Mechanisms Involved in the Persistence of Babesia canis Infection in Dogs” on June 29, 2019. The researcher used controlled experimental infection with B. canis to observe events […]
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Welcome to the Lyme Disease Association’s LDA Doctor Referral System ©. LDA made updates and enhancements to its prior system and has launched a new site to provide patients with information about doctors, other practitioners, testing labs, and pharmacies that are knowledgeable about chronic Lyme disease and often about many other tick-borne diseases (TBD). Many of the doctors listed are often referred to as Lyme Literate Physicians/Doctors (LLMD). Tens of thousands of patients have successfully used the prior LDA system to locate Lyme and TBD resources.
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Because there is a negative political climate surrounding Lyme disease, many LLMDs do not want their names posted outright on the internet. LDA has tried to balance the doctors’ wishes with patients’ need to find a doctor. This new system is a result of that compromise and therefore:
Because of the limited number of physicians treating chronic Lyme disease nationwide, some states, and in some instances, entire regions, may not have any treating physicians who follow flexible treating approaches such as those in the International Lyme & Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) Guidelines, Evidence Assessments and Guideline Recommendations in Lyme Disease: The Clinical Management of Known Tick Bites, Erythema Migrans Rashes and Persistent Disease. In the event that the LDA Doctor Referral System © contains no Lyme or TBD resource listings in a given area, the closest possible option(s) will populate based on the location entered and specaialty/ies selected. The LDA appreciates any changes in provider information that you may find and make us aware of so we can investigate.
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