Posted on 07/24/2024 9:54:17 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
A small pilot study has found evidence of human co-infections from Bartonella and Babesia odocoilei, a protozoal tick-borne infection primarily found in deer, moose and other cervids. The co-infections were detected in six of seven patients suffering from chronic, non-specific illness, who were enrolled in a Bartonella study. The work presents some of the first definitive DNA evidence of this strain of Babesia infection in humans, and could impact treatments for patients with Bartonella, Borrelia or Babesia infections.
Bartonella are a group of vector-borne bacteria transmitted primarily via arthropods like fleas, lice and potentially ticks, but also by the animals that harbor them. Improved methods for detecting Bartonella infection in animals and humans have led to the diagnosis of bartonelloses in patients with a host of chronic illnesses, as well as in some patients with psychiatric symptoms.
In the U.S., the main Babesia species that infect humans are B. microti, B. duncani and B. divergens-like. Transmission occurs mainly by tick bite, but there are reports of transmission by transfusion of contaminated blood, organ transplantation and transplacental transmission. In addition to asymptomatic infection, babesiosis can be associated with non-specific symptoms such as fever, chills and night sweats, or with severe, life-threatening hemolytic anemia.
Babesia and Bartonella are often suspected as co-infections with Lyme disease, caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi.
The seven patients in the pilot study were already enrolled in a larger study.
Using digital droplet PCR testing, which identifies pathogens by their DNA sequences, the researchers discovered that all seven participants were infected with Babesia odocoilei, and that six of the seven were co-infected with at least one, and sometimes two or more, species of Bartonella.
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If you or someone you know continues to have strange symptoms after being treated for one of the parasites, perhaps Lyme disease, they may actually have at least one other remaining infection that needs to be treated.
The ticks this year are almost as thick as the mosquitoes.
Bartonella, Borrelia & Babesia LLC. That’s the law firm we use!
You bring your fleas, lice, ticks, and vermin: yourselves.
O was going to say, it sounds like an exclusive clothing and. shoe designer team, based in Milan. Too bad those good Italian names have to be “wasted” on Tick bourne diseases.
“GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR HUDDLED MASSES…..”
And your tick-born illnesses….
Haven’t seen any signs of ticks, but fleas are bad this year.
One of my cats had hemobartinella. Had to be medicated around four times per year for the final 7 years of her life. She did live to be 14, however.
Great. Mexico just keeps giving.
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