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in addition to the articles Rita posted: Divergence of gut permeability and mucosal immune gene expression in two gluten-associated conditions: celiac disease and gluten sensitivity Anna Sapone, Karen M Lammers, Vincenzo Casolaro, Marcella Cammarota, Maria Teresa Giuliano, Mario De Rosa, Rosita Stef...

Differentiation of Borrelia Microbes from Collagen Debris and Collagen Fibrils in Blood Cultures Abstract Lyme disease in humans is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, organisms that are known to attach to collagen in the body. The use of a matrix containing collagen as a part of the culture...

Plausibly, at best perhaps it may happen as a very rare accident, just like transmission via mosquitoes . The problem is that as long as persons stung by mosquitoes and getting sick after a while are not tested for Lyme disease, we will never know if transmission via mosquitoes is so rare as it see...

Let's not forget him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXr-2hwTk58

I knew it and I've always known! That in all those years my family practioner thought he was dealing with a patient suffering from yuppie disease when seeing me! But fortunately, after almost 20 years of untreated Lyme disease, it seems he finally believes me as I now look like a Junky! Lucky me! :w...

Hi velvetmagnetta, Does anyone have any facts, figures, opinions , or just thoughts about the how prone the (PCR) method of DNA detection by amplification is to contamination? Here's my opinion which, at the same time, is also a question: Isn't it remarkable that when it comes to Lyme disease this c...

Thanks for posting Rita.
I wonder if besides Borrelia, these patients have also been tested for other possible pathogens/viruses such as Epstein Barr, of which has been found that can be reactive and which perhaps cause long term fatigue.

Martian wrote: I don't think one can conclude from the outcomes that Bartonella was transmitted via a bite from a tick.

Well, where are our scientists waiting for? why not doing a xenodiagnostic trial with Bartonella infected ticks on humans?

Thanks for verifying Martian. And my apologies if my post was misleading (but this is what I had at my disposal). With regard to sientific evidence that ticks might transmit Bartonella, I found the following study: Source: Pubmed 1Laboratory of Rickettsiae, Chlamydiae, and Enzotic Spirochetes, Natio...

Got that? How can I get that when it's not included in the article I red?? (Source: Dutch Association for Lymepatients, bulletin nr. 02/2014) Thanks anyway for your kind efforts in supplying these additional details Martian ;) . Besides all this, AFAIK it is still not established that Bartonella ca...