The Lyme Disease Hall of Shame

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

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€ CA DHS Report: Investigation of suspected Lyme disease in Malibu, LA County, 18 Jan 2000
€ Long-term Outcomes of Persons With Lyme Disease, JAMA, 2 February 2000

€ For more information on Lyme disease



€ California Department of Health Services (DHS) Report:
Investigation of suspected Lyme disease in Malibu, Los Angeles County, 18 Jan 2000

"...the present study revealed little evidence to support the hypothesis that residents of the Malibu
area are at elevated risk for Lyme disease... "

Comments to the California Department of Health Services "Malibu" report:

Comments by Art Doherty, Lompoc, California, 24 Feb 2000

News articles regarding Malibu, California and Lyme disease infected ticks:

Lyme Disease Detected in Ticks at Will Rogers Park, Los Angeles Times, 29 March 2000
Lyme disease on the rise?, Los Angeles Times, 19 March 2000
Lyme disease infected ticks detected in Will Rogers St. Park in So. Cal., MSNBC.com, 16Mar00
Lyme disease-carrying ticks found in Malibu [Charmlee Park], Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb 2000
Barbara Barsocchini, The Malibu Times Online Archives, 3 Feb 2000
Ticks infected with Lyme disease found in Los Angeles County, CA DHS, June 1999
Ticks Carrying Lyme Disease Found in Parks [Tapia and Malibu Creek], LA Times, 31 Mar 99
Ticks with Lyme disease in So. Cal., Malibu Creek St. Park, LA County, Daily News, 19 Mar 99
Ticks carrying Lyme disease in Malibu Creek State Park, Santa Monica Seascape, 1999
Los Angeles County DHS hushes Lyme Disease rumors, MSNBC News Brief, 20 Jul 98
LA County Finds First Tick With Lyme Disease [Topanga], San Diego Daily Trans., 20 Feb 98
Lyme Disease Tick Discovered in Topanga Park, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb 98
Ticks pose health hazard to humans, pets, The Malibu Times, 4 Sep 97
Ticked Off: Malibu residents believe they got Lyme disease from local ticks, LA Times, 30 Apr 97

Other information about Lyme disease in southern California:

U.S. Army Lyme Disease Risk Assessment, Vandenberg Air Force Base, 1995 (HIGH risk)
U.S. Army LD Risk Assessment, Camp Pendleton, San Diego, 1992 (MODERATE risk)

For more information about Lyme disease in California, see:

Lyme disease in California

Quotes from "The Plague" by Albert Camus - they just seem appropriate.



€ Long-term Outcomes of Persons With Lyme Disease, JAMA, 2 February 2000

"...although many patients reported increases in symptoms and/or increased difficulties with typical daily activities between 1 and 11 years after diagnosis of Lyme disease, the frequencies of these reports were similar to the frequencies of such reports among age-matched controls without Lyme disease."
Editorial accompanying the above article in the same JAMA issue:
Long-term Outcomes and Management of Patients With Lyme Disease,
editorial, Pierce Gardner, MD, JAMA, 2 Feb 2000

Professional reaction and rebuttal to the 2 Feb 00 JAMA article,
"Long-term Outcomes of Persons With Lyme Disease":
Long-term Outcomes of Lyme Disease, JAMA, Vol. 283 No. 23, June 21, 2000

Original news articles on "The Yale/UConn/CT Dept. of Health" study, 2 Feb 2000:

Most LD Patients Treated With Antibiotics Have Favorable Long-Term Outcome, Reuters
Study: Lyme disease treatment effective, Michael Lasalandra, Boston Herald, 2 Feb 2000
Study: Lyme Disease Treatments OK, The Las Vegas Sun (AP), 2 Feb 2000

Other reaction to "Long-term Outcomes of Persons With Lyme Disease":

Michael Lasalandra's [Boston Herald] Guestbook - Archive
Lyme study's conclusions criticized locally, NY JournalNews.com, 4 Feb 2000
Upbeat Lyme disease study disputed, Cape Cod Times, February 5, 2000
Upbeat Lyme disease study disputed, Cape Cod Times, February 5, 2000 - [sci.med.diseases.lyme]

About the authors:

Summaries of all NLM MEDLINE citations on Lyme disease for all authors

Contact information, summaries and complete texts of all MEDLINE citations on Lyme disease for each author:

Elyse G. Seltzer, MD
Michael A. Gerber, MD
Matthew L. Cartter, MD
Kimberly Freudigman, PhD
Eugene D. Shapiro, MD

Pierce Gardner, MD (author of accompanying editorial)

For more information on Lyme disease see: Lots Of Links On Lyme Disease

Comments or questions concerning this page should be directed to Art Doherty.

Last updated on 19 November 2000 by
Art Doherty
Lompoc, California
doherty@utech.net

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