Posted 6/17/2016 3:15 PM (GMT 0)
I read this last night when my Mom brought my attention to the article. And I agree, K07 - that comment about ticks in Az not carrying Lyme is just goofy. I don't know if we have any now, but I know we've had people from Az on this forum that have had Lyme - and they didn't leave the state and pick it up elsewhere.
But, this has me excited (although it will likely just be called 'unreliable and unproven by the CDC and Deniers):
"Keim said the drawback in existing tests is they are too highly focused, tending to look at single components of the pathogen like a single protein or single piece of DNA, which means they may miss different strains of the Lyme bacteria, he said. Other tests can’t detect low levels of the bacteria or are based on immune response, which can be slow and inaccurate, Keim said."
"“We think we can diagnose it even if it is hiding out in cartilage because it’s shedding stuff,” Keim said."