Re: Human babesiosis--an unrecorded reality.

[Guest guest]

Exactly. If no ones loooking- then how can chronic cases be

documented?

B

> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?

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> Med Hypotheses. 2004;63(4):609-15.

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> Human babesiosis--an unrecorded reality. Absence of formal registry

undermines its detection, diagnosis and treatment, suggesting need

for immediate mandatory reporting.

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> Sherr VT.

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> Private Practice of Psychiatry, 47 Crescent Drive, Holland, PA

18966-2105, USA. vtsherr@c...

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> Human babesiosis, caused by parasitic protozoa of erythrocytes, has

escaped usual associates--lower mammals. Thriving in tick guts, it

has spread inland from the coasts of America, adopting mankind as a

host. Babesia spp. threaten life quality of unsuspecting humans in

quickly expanding territories worldwide, including the state of

Pennsylvania, USA. The causative spirochetes of Lyme disease often

similarly co-exist in ticks. Singly or together they may, by causing

persistent and chronic infections, duplicate any symptom in the

medical literature--including depression and hypochondriasis.

Physicians practicing throughout Pennsylvania have identified

patients with symptomatic babesiosis, but without governmental

surveillance or health registries that require doctors to consider

and report babesiosis, these cases have not prompted epidemiological

concern. Misunderstandings such as, " Isn't that an obscure tropical

disease? " are usual responses when doctors are asked about

babesiosis, inadvertently trivializing patients and disease.

Mandatory reporting of babesiosis should now be considered a medical

necessity. Copyright 2004 Elsevier Ltd.

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> PMID: 15325004 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

[Guest guest]

Right. Its disgusting that the CDC and promed and emerging infections

re-emerging infections has not issued a public health alert and

nobody has required reporting. Krause's 2002 study SHOWS its as

epidemic as lyme in Connecticut and probalby other places too. And at

least we know clinically from serial PCRs that people do seem to

relapse after treatment, we know from the LLMD's but nobody is

monitoring it properly, buthow could they, the testing is so fricken

inadequate.

-- In infections , " Barb Peck "

<egroups1bp@y...> wrote:

> Exactly. If no ones loooking- then how can chronic cases be

> documented?

> B

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> > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?

> cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstract & list_uids=15325004 & query_hl=1

> >

> >

> > Med Hypotheses. 2004;63(4):609-15.

> >

> >

> > Human babesiosis--an unrecorded reality. Absence of formal

registry

> undermines its detection, diagnosis and treatment, suggesting need

> for immediate mandatory reporting.

> >

> > Sherr VT.

> >

> > Private Practice of Psychiatry, 47 Crescent Drive, Holland, PA

> 18966-2105, USA. vtsherr@c...

> >

> > Human babesiosis, caused by parasitic protozoa of erythrocytes,

has

> escaped usual associates--lower mammals. Thriving in tick guts, it

> has spread inland from the coasts of America, adopting mankind as a

> host. Babesia spp. threaten life quality of unsuspecting humans in

> quickly expanding territories worldwide, including the state of

> Pennsylvania, USA. The causative spirochetes of Lyme disease often

> similarly co-exist in ticks. Singly or together they may, by

causing

> persistent and chronic infections, duplicate any symptom in the

> medical literature--including depression and hypochondriasis.

> Physicians practicing throughout Pennsylvania have identified

> patients with symptomatic babesiosis, but without governmental

> surveillance or health registries that require doctors to consider

> and report babesiosis, these cases have not prompted

epidemiological

> concern. Misunderstandings such as, " Isn't that an obscure tropical

> disease? " are usual responses when doctors are asked about

> babesiosis, inadvertently trivializing patients and disease.

> Mandatory reporting of babesiosis should now be considered a

medical

> necessity. Copyright 2004 Elsevier Ltd.

> >

> > PMID: 15325004 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]