Borrelia Of Relapsing Fever Type Identified In A Tick In Australia

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26108374

http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/pdf/s13071-015-0958-3.pdf

‘Professor Peter Irwin and his colleagues have released the findings from research at Murdoch University. The results have huge implications for the requirement and potential of future research in Australia. Whilst only one tick species (I Holocyclus – aka Paralysis tick) was examined in this study – Borrelia of a relapsing fever species (unidentified) not before found in Australia was discovered. As was numerous other pathogens (Bartonella henselae, novel “Candidatus Neoehrlichia” spp., Clostridium histolyticum, Rickettsia spp., and Leptospira inadai).

What does this mean for Australian Lyme Borreliosis & Co Patients?? In short – It is BIG – and it speaks volumes to the requirements for further urgent research looking at the 70or so other species of ticks in Australia, and the infections they carry. With thousands suffering – Lets hope the Government is listening and provides research funds – and advances plans to put into place better testing and treatment for those chronically ill’ 
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