Lyme Science Blog
Dr. Daniel Cameron, MD, MPH, is a nationally recognized leader for his expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. His weekly Lyme Disease Science blog features articles covering the latest research, insights and case reviews.
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Late stage Lyme disease treatment might include azlocillin in the future.
Researchers identified azlocillin after screening nearly 8,000 drug compounds. They found that in the test tube and in mice, azlocillin
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Raccoons infected with Babesia microti in Texas
Previous studies in Florida revealed two distinct groups of Babesia microti which were dependent on host species (i.e. cotton rats and
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Is Lyme disease like the Tortoise in Aesop’s “The Tortoise and the Hare”?
The Tortoise and the Hare fable tells the story of a race between a tortoise (a creature that moves very
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Babesia microti imported into foreign countries
“Recently, sporadic cases of human babesiosis caused by several species of Babesia have been reported in other countries,” write the
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Babesia infections and tick-borne agents transmitted through blood supply
In their article, the authors summarized discussions from a public workshop, organized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The
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Can service dogs help patients with Lyme disease and other chronic illnesses?
Click here to watch a 13 second video of a Lyme patient with a service dog Service dogs, the authors
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What nesting songbirds tell us about Lyme disease in Canada?
“We estimate that migratory birds disperse 50 million to 175 million I. scapularis ticks across Canada each spring, implicating migratory
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Can Bell’s palsy lead to nonflaccid facial palsy in Lyme disease?
Can Bell’s palsy lead to nonflaccid facial palsy in Lyme disease?. “Nonflaccid facial paralysis is a spectrum of hypokinetic and
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Chronic neurological Lyme disease or co-morbid conditions?
The study, “Patient-reported outcome after treatment for definite Lyme neuroborreliosis” by Eikeland and colleagues, describes 258 patients treated for definite