Here are some useful links that offer information on Lyme disease and other tickborne infections - offering anything from published research papers to a forum where patients and researchers can discuss research together...
General Info. For Patients And The Public:
- The Original 1997 Lyme Info Web Site
- Lyme & Tickborne Diseases Research Center
- Stonybrook Tick Borne Disease Lab
- National Research Fund for Tick-Borne Diseases
Articles And Resources On The Lyme Disease Controversy:
- Neuroborreliosis: Point/Counterpoint
- Chronic Lyme Disease: It's Time To Solve The Medical Mystery Inside An Enigma
- Cure Unknown by Pamela Weintraub (Book)
Scientific Publications And Clinical Trials:
- Oxford Journals - Oxford University Press
- PubMed.gov
- Science: Web site of the AAAS
- American Society for Microbiology
- Microbe World
- TheScientist - Faculty of 1000
- Lyme Disease - Clinical Trials List
Online Patient Support & Discussion on Research
Re: A Short History of Lyme
ReplyDeleteby inmacdonald » November 19th, 2012, 9:07 am
Dear Camp,
I can only guess why Steere's unchallenged authority on "Definer in Chief"
was challenged when the microbial etiologic agent [now agents]
was announced in 1982.
Having been there, I was impressed by the leadership of Dr. Jorge Benach, at the
State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine in Long Island, New York.
Dr Benach is an EIS graduate, but his training was heavily influenced by his years at
Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH, Hamilton Montana. Dr. Benach was personally trained
Dr. Willly Burgdorfer at Rocky Mountain Labs. Dr. Benach is a PhD with many skills in bench
research, particularly in molecular Biology.
So it is not unexpected that in the Post spirochetal Era, that Dr Allen Steere would have
huge gaps in his personal knowledge about the bacteriology of a spirochete
which was unmasked as THE CAUSE of a Disease which was formerly HIS disease.
We know that Steere is parsimonious in his admissions concerning the contributions of
other scientists and other physicians to the ever expanding database on Lyme Disease [Lyme Borreliosis].
The first "alternate universes" to spring up in the post spirochetal Era were :
1. Dr Jorge Benach's Lyme Disease research laboratory at the School of Medicine, SUNY, Stony Brook
2. Southampton Hospital Lyme Disease research group { bench laboratory [MacDonald] and consortium of all members of specialists in clinical medicine of the Clinical Medical Staff} at Southampton Hospital, Southampton, New York.
3. Dr Willy Burgdorfer , Dr Alan Barbour, and Dr Tom Schwan's Lyme Disease Research Laboratories
at the Rocky Mountain laboratory,in Hamilton,Montana.
These post spirochetal arenas devoted to the Study of Lyme Disease, were the first to
challenge the "Territorial Imperatives" of Steere.
[space limitations preclude more discussion
which can be viewed on LNE forum on the web]
It became clear in the earliest Post spirochetal years, that Steere's Connecticut and Rheumatology preponderant clinical views, were in need of augmentation.
The COMBINED Intelligence from all of these early research groups functioning autonomously and often
at variance with the dogmas of Dr. Allen Steere, advanced the knowledge of the pathobiology of
Lyme disease [Lyme Borreliosis]
So COMBINED INTELLIGENCE from many dedicated and talented individuals has advanced the knowledge
about Lyme borreliosis in the Post spirochetal era.
Lyme in the Pre - spirochetal times May have been Steere's.
Lyme in the Post-spirochetal time has become OURS.
Best,
Alan B.MacDonald MD
November19,212
Thank you for your comment, Dr. MacDonald. That gives me more insight into the history of different research teams working on Lyme disease.
ReplyDeleteTo those reading: I believe Dr. MacDonald's comment refers to this entry:
http://campother.blogspot.com/2011/03/what-happened-early-days-of-lyme.html