44 days to go – Graham and Sara will be taking part in Prudential Ride London to raise money for LDA. From the website, “a 100-mile challenge on the same closed roads as the professionals, with the added incentive of raising money for good causes. To capture it all, the best action is broadcast live on TV […]
more...Just three months to go to this year’s conference, and some great speakers are lined up on the vital topic of treatment of Lyme disease. Our speakers are coming from far and wide, and we very much want to ensure that their voyages and the work they put into their presentations are worth their valuable […]
more...The May Newsletter is now available. It contains articles on – The LDA Conference: confirmation of some of the speakers Uptake of the RCGP e-learning module on Lyme disease which is freely available to all health professionals The Tick Activity Project under the University of Liverpool and PHE A better approach to serology LDA activity […]
more...The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) are jointly developing a systematic review and guideline on treatment of Lyme disease. The Project Plan has been open to public comment between March 9th and April 9th. Although these guidelines are intended for the […]
more...Public Health England has provided copies of all presentations from this day. The chair for the whole day was Dr Jenny Harries, Regional Director, South of England, PHE. The Countess of Mar gave a brief introduction followed by Dr Tim Brooks, Clinical Services Director, RIPL. Dr Brooks had only just returned from Sierra Leone and […]
more...Drug Combinations against Borrelia burgdorferi Persisters In Vitro : Eradication Achieved by Using Daptomycin , Cefoperazone and Doxycycline Feng J, Auwaerter PG, Zhang Y. PLoS One. 2015;1–15. Full text available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117207 What problem does this address? Some patients who have been treated for Lyme borreliosis with courses of standard antibiotics such as doxycycline, amoxicillin […]
more...PHE are now sending out confirmation of places at their open day on March 25th in Kensington. This includes an updated programme. The main changes are The Scottish View on Lyme Disease will be presented by Dr Roger Evans alone – Dr Emma Watson is not listed “PHE tick awareness campaigns” is no longer listed, […]
more...Public Health England (PHE) will be holding a Lyme Disease Open Day on Wednesday 25th March to discuss the latest research and developments in the field of Lyme disease. This day will be the second in a series of PHE Lyme Disease Open Days and it will provide an opportunity for patients, physicians and organisations […]
more...Update 5/3/2015: At the moment due to all sorts of difficulties, including the public having little time to prepare, it is highly probable that the date will be moved Proposed Date: Thursday March 26th may be moved Venue: London, Coin Street Conference Centre, a short walk from Waterloo. This conference is open to everyone and […]
more...The Tick Activity Project at the University of Liverpool is working with the Medical Entomology & Zoonoses Ecology group at PHE Porton to assess the seasonal activity of the sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus, across England and Wales. The aim is to record climate and weather variables at the same time to analyse the effect on tick questing […]
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