Here's my vote for prettiest #parasite: Ixodes scapularis. It's an ectoparasite, meaning it lives outside the host.

It may be pretty on the outside, but on the inside it carries bacteria - Borrelia burgdorferi - that cause #Lyme disease.

(Original micrograph)
#BeautyContest
@parasitesrule.org

Not the first time a Medscape writer inappropriately hyped quackery advocates.

Christine Kilgore wrote credulous articles for Medscape about antics of the chronic #Lyme cult (where Medical Child Abuse runs rampant).

It turns out that Kilgore's children have received "chronic Lyme" diagnoses.

Vanaf vandaag is deze hand-out mét stappenplan ter ondersteuning van patiënten met post-acuut infectieuze ziektes gratis te downloaden via:

www.devragendokter.nl/webshop/prod...

#pwme #myalgicE #millionsmissing #severeME #LongCovid #lyme #QVS #postsepsis #PAIZ #PAIS #IACC

ADVANCING RESEARCH TOGETHER.

We’re proud to join together w/ Project Lyme as their Strategic Research Partner to advance innovative research for #Lyme & other tick-borne diseases.

projectlyme.canva.link/project-lyme...

A health update: month 6 of #Lyme-induced #MECFS #PAIS relapse.

Now finally biting the bullet and trying that joyless low-histamine diet while phasing out those darn antihistamines. Even the ones that are not supposed to, make me drowsy. No alc, no coffee, low sugar too. Have pity with me […]

Interesting day at a Devon village fair. Discussions with farmers, gardeners etc many knowing those who have had #Lyme disease. Children fascinated & repelled by #ticks! Leaflets and tick removers left our stand.

Yash says if #Lyme is together right now. “I’ll eat my words.” #bb28

Open wide, Yash!

#Colchester #Lebanon #Franklin #Sprague #Lisbon #Griswold #Voluntown #Preston #Bozrah #Norwich #Montville #Waterford #Groton #Stonington #Ledyard #Lyme #Oldlyme #Eastlyme #Salem #Clinton #Westbrook #Saybrook #Essex #Deepriver #Chester #Haddam #Killingworth #Durham #Middlefield #Portland #EastHampton

🦠 Maladie de Lyme : une maladie longtemps méconnue, aujourd’hui au cœur des débats de santé publique.

✍🏼 Gatien Lecoin
🔗 dicopolhis.univ-lemans.fr/fr/dictionna...

#MaladieDeLyme #Lyme #SantéPublique #HistoireDeLaSanté #SociologieDeLaSanté

#Lyme disease worldwide:

➡️the US reported 89,000 cases in 2023, but the CDC estimates true incidence at ~476,000/year (5x underreporting).

➡️Europe: >85,000 estimated cases/year, steadily rising.

Source (CDC): www.cdc.gov/lyme/data-re...
#IDSky #medicine #microbiology

Neurologist Brandon Beaber: Some people believe MS is caused by #Lyme disease, but there is significant epidemiologic, pathologic, and serologic evidence against this claim

[He also says he's gotten harassing phone calls at his office 😲]

Have you heard about #Mice Against #Ticks? #Scientific research into preventing #Lyme #disease and tickborne illness www.miceagainstticks.org/lyme-disease

www.caryinstitute.org/news-insight...
The length & depth of this study on #Lyme via #ecology is impressive.
🔬📄:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
(quick version for folks who don’t wanna read it: tick activity & prevalence was not tied to deer population, but to white-legged mice & acorns from red oaks)

Online Gentle Yoga for Our Lyme and TBD Community! Register to join us for this free online patient centered event, September 17, 11:00 am MT. All are welcome! Please share widely.
coloradoticks.org/event/online... @lymenews.bsky.social @bayarealyme.bsky.social @lymebiobank.bsky.social #Lyme #Yoga