In a #OneHealth study of immunocompromised children and their pets, both the pets and the children had a high number of potential shared pathogens. However, only one out of 74 children carried a pathogen that was also found in their pet. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

#Borrelia has a high level of genetic diversity, making for diverse symptoms and inaccurate testing. In this publication researchers ask, is it time to rethink the classifications of the entire Borreliaceae family? ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

More on the significance of sequencing the known strains of #Borrelia species that cause Lyme disease: scitechdaily.com/scientists-cra…

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In a sample of 347 individuals, scientists developed a cytokine hub model that distinguishes #longCOVID from chronic #LymeDisease. nature.com/articles/s4159…

A study of people in New Zealand who received treatment at hospitals for infections for 30 years. They had almost three times the risk of dementia compared to people without this medical history, and the risk remained elevated at 30 years out. nature.com/articles/s4358…

#Bartonella species use a variety of methods to evade immune detection and make it more difficult for immune response and antibiotics to kill them. Review paper: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

A study of a Lyme disease test for dogs on known positive human blood found very low sensitivity. This may be because of the lower antibody concentrations in humans. Dr. Breitschwerdt is a co-author. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39049534/

From June 2001, a review of the first knowledge of #RockyMountainSpottedFever, from an area where indigenous people knew there was disease, to an outbreak that affected property values. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.15…

Cytokine Storm Syndrome is a new book from Springer that contains a chapter on zoonotic bacterial infections that can trigger the condition, including Rickettsia, Ehrlichia and Bartonella. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39117822/

Bartonella and Borrelia sound alike and are both vector-borne zoonotic pathogens, but how are they different? A dive back into Galaxy Diagnostics' blog history. galaxydx.com/difference-bet…

The CDC's #Zoonotic and #OneHealth call for September 4th will focus on Rocky Mountain spotted fever, the National Public Health Strategy to Prevent and Control Vector-Borne Diseases in People, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. CE available. cdc.gov/one-health/php…

Building on post-doc work conducted by Galaxy Diagnostics VP of R&D Dr. Jen Miller while in Janis Weis’ lab, a multi-institution team led by Drs. Raj Priya & Frank Yang discovered B. burgdorferi secrete c-di-AMP to stimulate a host Type I IFN response. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Veterinarians are a first line of defense against #zoonotic diseases and are concerned about their own increasing risk, but in a new survey published by the American Veterinary Medicine Association, veterinarians say they need more tools. avmajournals.avma.org/view/journals/…

A study of the rapid expansion of New York tick ranges from 2006 to 2019 found ticks that moved into new regions quickly picked up genes from existing tick populations. This suggests that localized ecological pressures impact tick genetics. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39034651/

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Cutting-edge techniques for #OneHealth monitoring in Cambodia include sending drones to collect samples of air out of bat caves and using air sampling devices on farms. fao.org/newsroom/story…

A meta-review of studies of #Bartonella quintana in head lice notes that the bacteria has been found in a limited set of circumstances. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39095833/

A genetic study of ticks in the United States finds that regional groups of ticks are fairly genetically isolated, even with more recent range expansion. Tick strains can influence their suitability as pathogen vectors. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me…