#Borrelia

I often get asked about #LymeDisease and #Dogs. Here are some thoughts and useful things to read.Firstly the ACVIM consensus:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5980284/They conclude: 'It is not proven that European LB causes clinical

One of the big #LymeDisease lies is that it takes two whole days of tick attachment to transmit disease. There have been studies published debunking this lie, but I like

This interesting study found that skeletal #muscle cells of #ME/CFS patients showed a decrease in oxidative phosphorylation (a metabolic pathway used by #mitochondria to generate #energy). In simple terms, that

This study found that Epstein Barr #Virus (EBV) IgM antibody seropositive #COVID-19 patients had a 3.09-fold increased risk of fever compared to EBV seronegative patients. Inflammatory markers like C-reactive protein

Peter Kolchinsky

PeterKolchinsky

Even as a virologist, there’s one insidious type of bacteria that weighs on my mind. Borrelia- carried by ticks, causes Lyme disease. Thank you @pfizer for recognizing that we do

1/13Why is ferritin elevated in anemia of chronic inflammation?If the evolutionary point was/is to keep iron away from bacteria, why is our main maker of iron stores elevated? 2/Let's start

Dr Eliza Wolfson

Here it is!#Inktober2020 day 1 in my #PathogenPortraits series. After years of studying this in cow bums, it had to be #EcoliO157It causes bloody diarrhoea & if that wasn't bad