Bartonella / Re: GB-4000 -new protocols?

February 8, 2011

thanks!

.... no new changes for Lyme, bartonella or other co-infections - anyone

aware of any? I know there are new types of bartonella that have been

discovered, over 30 actually, just wondering if anybody knows about that.

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Hi ,

Galaxy Diagnostics in Durham NC is a lab that specializes in Bartonella

research and testing.

These pages describes the difficulties encountered with traditional testing

methods; that this group developed a special insect-based culture media to

help eliminate PCR false negative tests for Bartonella. And that they are

also capable of further PCR testing to identify Bartonellas down to the

species level.

Hopefully the emerging Bartonella research will yield more full DNA

sequencing for the various Bartonella species in the future. (The situation

with Babesia is similar).

For those who are interested, also available at the bottom of the research

page above are links to two articles written by Galaxy's chief scientific

officer. One is titled " Persistent Blood-borne Infections and Complex

Disease Expression " . This short review article addresses the varied immune

responses to certain insect-transmitted blood diseases; blood as a microbial

ecosystem; disease expression, etc. The direct link is:

tions.pdf

The other is " Molecular Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: The Good, The Bad,

and The Ugly " . This second article describes the uses of various types of

PCR testing, and what it can and cannot reliably tell us - using examples

from the types of bacteria that Galaxy Lab works with. Direct link:

This information may not have answered a question about specific frequencies

for new types of Bartonellas, but let's hope that will change in the near

future.

Char

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