The NIH "Chronic" Lyme Disease Study
(5 years, $4,200,000.00)

Lyme disease is a serious bacterial infection caused by a tick bite and affects humans and animals.

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The NIH "chronic" Lyme disease study (complete text - 182K)

Basic information on the NIH chronic Lyme disease study
The "intramural" study
The "extramural" study
Other information on the NIH chronic Lyme disease study
News articles on the NIH chronic Lyme disease study
Information on the NIH chronic Lyme disease study posted on sci.med.diseases.lyme newsgroup
Other resources regarding the NIH chronic Lyme disease study
Other studies related to chronic Lyme disease

For more information on Lyme disease


The NIH "Chronic" Lyme Disease Study


Basic information on the NIH chronic Lyme disease study

  • NIH/NIAID: Chronic Lyme Disease Study: Questions and Answers
  • NIH/NIAID: Lyme Disease Research Efforts, Division of Intramural Research

    • The "intramural" study

  • Lyme Disease Research, Clinical Studies Unit, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disesases (NIAID), NIH
  • NIH/NIAID: Research on Chronic Lyme Disease, NIAID Fact Sheet (May 1997)
  • NIH: Clinical Study: 96-I-0052, A Comprehensive Clinical, Microbiological and Immunological Assessment of Patients with Suspected Chronic Lyme Infection and Selected Control Populations
  • Original NIH news release: NIH Collaborative Study Of Chronic Neuroborreliosis
  • NIAID Sources Sought Announcement - NIH/NIAID
    [NOTE: Original link not available as of 14 Dec 1999, but, see complete text link above.]
  • NIH/NIAID: Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, Division of Intramural Research
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    The "extramural" study

  • NIH Chronic Lyme Disease Treatment Study Protocol
  • Seropositive Chronic Lyme Disease
  • Seronegative Chronic Lyme Disease
  • Chronic Lyme Treatment Study Web site, New York Medical College
  • Funds to date for NIH "chronic" Lyme disease study as of 08/09/1999 - find "klempner"

    • Other information on the NIH chronic Lyme disease study

  • Update: NIH Chronic Lyme Study - Reprinted from the Lyme Times #24, Feb 99, LDRC
  • NIH Chronic Lyme Study - An Explanation by Carl Brenner
  • NIH: Chronic Lyme Borreliosis Clinical Trial (Request for Proposal) RFP - NIH/ALI LymeNet Newsletter Volume 6 Issue 10
  • Conference Abstract - April 28-30, 1997 Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Trials of the Safety and Efficacy of Ceftriaxone and Doxycycline in the Treatment of Patients with Seropositive and Seronegative Chronic LD
  • NIH/NIAID: Lyme Disease Advisory Panel Summary Report - September 4, 1996
  • NIAID Awards Contract for Post-Lyme Disease Syndrome Studies, NIAID News Release, June 28, 1996
  • Chronic Lyme Disease: Is It An Ongoing Infection?, Clinical Trials in Progress, January 1996

    • News articles on the NIH chronic Lyme disease study

  • Antibiotic Therapy Trial Under Fire, Skin & Allergy News 30(6):9, 1999
  • Antibiotic Therapy Trial Criticized, Clinical Psychiatry News 27(6):8, 1999
  • TICK, TICK, TICK... It's Prime Time for Lyme Disease, Time Magazine Article, 28 Jul 97
  • TICK, TICK, TICK... It's Prime Time for Lyme Disease, Time Magazine Article, 28 Jul 97
  • NIH Gears Up To Test a Hotly Disputed Theory, Science, 13 Oct 95

    • Information on the NIH chronic Lyme disease study posted on sci.med.diseases.lyme newsgroup

  • Opinion - Chronic Lyme Study, 09 Mar 1999, (Steve J. McLain)
  • NIH Chronic Lyme Study info, 09 Mar 1999, (Steve J. McLain)
  • Klempner's talk in Westchester, 16 May 1998, (Cramoy)
  • Update on NIH Chronic Lyme Study, 12 Feb 1997, (carl brenner)
  • NIH Chronic Lyme Study - Focus on Extramural Portion, 24 Jul 1996, (RACEr91)
  • Open Letter re: NIH LNB Study and Int'l Congress

    Other resources regarding the NIH chronic Lyme disease study

  • LymeNet Newsletter, Vol#6 #09, 16 September 1998
    III. LYMENET: Patient Describes Positive NIH Intramural Study Experience
  • LymeNet Newsletter, Vol#6 #05, 20 May 1998
    I. LDRC: Chronic Lyme study patients showing extraordinary debility
    II. LDRC: NIH looking for more patients for chronic neuroborreliosis study
  • LymeNet Newsletter, Vol#4 #11, 5 August 1996
    II. NIAID: NIAID Awards Contract for Post-Lyme Disease Syndrome Studies
    III. NIAID: Questions and Answers About NIAID's Chronic Lyme Disease Study

    • Other studies related to chronic Lyme disease

  • The NIH "monkey study": Animal Models in Chronic Lyme Disease
    NIAID Council News - DMID Concepts September 1997

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    Art Doherty
    Lompoc, California
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