Invisibly Lyme Montana

A little bit of everything Lyme-related news from all over.  Possible overlap with research or featured stories or other categories.  Not ordered by date (more likely appear in the order in which Lyme communities are discussing/sharing them).

• Uncovering the ‘Stealth Pathogen’ (Bartonella)

  NC College of Veterinary Medicine, 2012

•  The Difference Between “Depression” and “Lyme Depression”

  San Antonio Lyme Examiner, July 2014

• UF researcher finds virus thought long dead in area ticks

  By Jeff Schweers, Gainesville Sun, January 26, 2015

• Prayers for Dana: The Story of a Mother Battling Lyme Disease and Congenital Heart Disease

  Cristina Scribner, Huff Post WOMEN, updated Dec. 22, 2014

• Untreated Lyme disease: 2 years of hell

  By Erik Nivison, HLNtv.com (via CNN), Updated 7:24 AM ET, Thu August 29, 2013

• Mothers May Pass Lyme Disease to Children in the Womb

  Scientific American, September 22, 2014 |By Marianne Lavelle

• Valley View: Lyme is most misunderstood disease since AIDS

  Poughkipsie Journal, Holly Ahern November 9, 2014

• Tournament benefits local woman fighting lyme disease

  Laura Caso, First Coast News, September 26, 2014

  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville community is raising awareness for Lyme Disease in honor of Yvonne Tison. The Tison family used to gather around the living room, but now they are forced to gather in the bedroom around the matriarch of the family.

• Chronic Lyme disease can seriously affect a person’s quality of life

  The Washington Post, September 22, 2014

  Regarding “This tiny bug is at the root of a big controversy over Lyme disease” [Sept. 16]: 3 editorial responses.

• Link Found Between Childhood Infections, Later Psychosis

  Psychiatric News, February 4, 2014:

  Risk was found to be greatest for bacterial infections acquired in preadolescence, but researchers cannot rule out the possibility that other psychosis risks may increase susceptibility to infections.  Mike Moran