| Common Name | Name | Description | Testing | | | | | | | LYME, B. burgdorferi | Borrelia bacteria | Discovered in Lyme, Connecticut | PCR, ELISA | | Many new strains of bacteria are being found as research into LYME continues. | | Tests are either for, antigens (your immune response which doesn't occur till after a few weeks and drops off after the initial reaction, or looking for the DNA of the bacteria (each strains requires a different test.) | Testing has not been very accurate. Doctors need to diagnose from symptoms. | | Cat-scratch-fever | Bartonella | Sore throat, headache, high fever, | | | Rocky Mt. Spotted Fever | | | | | Babesia | Babesiosis | Protozoan, like Malaria | | | Mycoplasma | | Gram-positive bacteria. | PCR | | Ehrlichia | Ehrlichiosis | High spiking fever, headaches, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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