Mayo researchers discover new borrelia species that also causes Lyme
Press release from the Mayo Clinic
February 5, 2016:
by April Josselyn
Mayo Clinic researchers, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and health officials from Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin, have discovered a new bacterial species that causes Lyme disease in people.
The new species has been provisionally named Borrelia mayonii. Prior to this finding, the only species believed to cause Lyme disease in North America was Borrelia burgdorferi.
In the paper published recently in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic scientists tested samples from U.S. patients from 2003 to 2014 for evidence of Lyme disease using a method called polymerase chain reaction (PCR). From 2012 to 2014, the researchers noticed unusual test results from 6 of 9,000 samples from residents of Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin.
“Using a laboratory-developed test with a method called ‘melting temperature analysis,’ we detected six specimens that produced a PCR result that was clearly different from B. burgdorferi,” says Bobbi Pritt, M.D., director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, who is first author of the study.
“Mayo Medical Laboratories, the reference laboratory at Mayo, has tested more than 100,000 patient samples from all 50 states over the past decade using our PCR assay, but we’ve only recently detected evidence of B. mayonii.”
Based on these findings, the researchers believe that the organism may have only recently emerged in the upper Midwestern U.S. “It is possible that this species has been present for even longer but at such low levels that it escaped detection,” adds Dr. Pritt.
As with B. burgdorferi, researchers believe that B. mayonii is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected black-legged tick (otherwise known as the deer tick). Typical symptoms of Lyme disease include fever, headache, rash, neck pain, and arthritis in later stages.
Unlike B. burgdorferi, however, B. mayonii causes an illness that appears to be associated with nausea and vomiting, diffuse rashes (rather than a single bull’s-eye rash), and a higher concentration of bacteria in the blood.
Patients infected with B. mayonii will test positive for Lyme disease with currently available U.S. Food and Drug Administration-cleared Lyme disease tests. In some instances, B. mayonii bacteria also may be seen on a blood smear.
Dr. Pritt adds, “At this time, there is no evidence that B. mayonii is present outside of the Upper Midwest. However, the public should continue to take the recommended precautions against tick bites, as Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases are well-established in much of the Northeast.”
###
Criminal Mayo Clinic. I’ll bet they offer maybe 30 days of treatment and tell you it is cured, as usual. The gal in the video already says they do not need any new testing, and the treatment is the same. Criminals!!! Not even a little impressed.
glad to see I’m not the only one that see’s the true picture!
COVER UP and LIES! Ohh, you’ve not been following? CDC-MAYO….IDSA-YALE, NIH, FDA, Big Parm, and Millions of oathless Doctors that have been covering this up for DECADES!
When the heat get’s turned up…they go “hey look what we just found” Meanwhile they know they’ve been allowing MILLIONS OF VICTIMS to suffer and die…for DECADES!
Few years back you know CDC fell on their face and had to admit that #’s where 10 times higher due to their corrupt counting methods. So they admit that close to half a MILLION people WILL become INFECTED each year!!! And this is Acceptable? That’s like close to 1000 Victims each week, each year! OUCH!
As I’m sure you know, not only the numbers have increased, so has the map….yes they now have a new map showing how bad it is in EVERY state…supposablly they didn’t know and we should be greatful that they have spent MILLIONS of tax dollars to tell us old news. Yes, even this so called “new” strain of Lyme is not new! Hello…..it’s called Lyme+ because of all the strains and the Co-Infections…yes some of them are instant DEATH! You should ask CDC why this is acceptable??? It is also known that not only Ticks carry Lyme+ but so do other insects and it’s also sexually transmitted and in our Blood/Organ Supply!
Now that you’ve opened your eyes a bit are you happy with CDC motto? CDC=Center Disease CONTROL and PREVENTION 24/7 SAVING lives, PROTECTING people??? You do know also that CDC and IDSA have been keeping the Corrupt Guidelines for accurate tests and treatments void so that people will maintain as VICTIMS! Is this acceptable? Have you asked them why? for years they’ve not come forward with those more accurate tests and treatments? After all…they are able to roll a log when they choose and bam! all of the sudden they’ve got a “new strain” low and behold!…so no accurate Tests? no accurate Treatment…but “they” are capable of having an accurate test to test a new strain??????? FISHY FISHY FISHY! Got something even more fishy for ya…You do remember a few years back…IDSA had a brain fart and said you know we want to hear from the people on FaceBook how we are doing our job…Well, Thousands and Thousands of LYME+ VICTIMS responded….what did IDSA do? They got FB to erase every Victims plea for help. The IDSA at a peaceful gathering used the hotel security and police to try and intimidate people that where sick and asking for answes from the IDSA as to what they where going to do about LYME+ Issues. I mean what do you see here? I see a Bully with alot of truth to hide….what you think???????? Thank you CDC and IDSA and the rest of you followers..for doing NOTHING! for Lyme+Victims…NOTHING!
They say the bacteria is different, then say that you will test positive for Lyme with current tests. I was hoping they’d have a different test and wanted to get tested for it. I live in MN and now wonder if that’s why my Lyme test was only borderline.
Dentaldna.us tests for it. I was not positive for B mayonii. Yeah!!! At least one point. Everything else. Bb three surfaces, bart (2 secies), bab, and other really bad bugs.
To add to the injury see GMO mosquito spreading the new virus je jour, Zika, patented by the globalists Rockefellers 1947. http://conservativerefocus.com/blogs/index.php/NWO/worldwide-health-threat-zika-virus “They” are getting more aggressive at killing the populations of the world. Search on Zika virus patented by Rockefellers if you want more information. Unacceptable, criminal.