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- Volume 2 - 1994
Vol#2 #01I. ANNOUNCEMENT: Class Action Suit Against Insurers
II. ANNOUNCEMENT: LDF Conference - April 1994
III. NIH BAA: Animal Models For Chronic Lyme Disease
IV. ANNOUNCEMENT: Video Tapes Available for Support Groups
V. NEWSDAY: Lyme Vaccine Ready For Testing
VI. QUESTION: Aftermath Of Tick Bite
VII. How to Subscribe, Contribute, and Get Back Issues

Vol#2 #02I. ANN NEUROL: The Polymerase Chain Reaction In The Diagnosis
of Lyme Neuroborreliosis
II. NEJM: Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA By Polymerase
Chain Reaction In Synovial Fluid From Patients With Lyme Arthritis
III. SF EXAMINER: Dr. Paul Lavoie, LD Specialist, Dead at Age 60
IV. NY TIMES: (Letter) We Minimize Lyme Disease at Our Peril;
Cooperation Needed
V. TIMES-PICAYUNE: Officials Won't Aid Inmate Who Needs New
Heart
VI. Q&A: Roxithromycin and Lyme
VII. Q&A: Seronegative Lyme?
VIII. Q&A: Lyme Vaccine Testing
IX. Q&A: Support Group Listings
X. How to Subscribe, Contribute, and Get Back Issues

Vol#2 #03I. ANNOUNCEMENT: Patients sought for LD neuroborreliosis study
II. ANNOUNCEMENT: VI Int'l Conference on Lyme Borreliosis
III. WASHINGTON POST: Infectious Disease Tracking Infrastructure
"All but Collapsed"
IV. AM J PUBLIC HEALTH: Antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi and
Tick Salivary Gland Proteins in New Jersey Outdoor Workers
V. Q&A: Roxithromycin and Lyme
VIII. How to Subscribe, Contribute, and Get Back Issues

Vol#2 #04I. ANALYSIS: Dr. Lloyd Miller on the PCR Study by Nocton et al
II. ANNOUNCEMENT: LDF Medical Advisor Seeks Patient Input
III. NIH RFA: Intravenous Antibiotics for Rheumatoid Arthritis
IV. Q&A: Roxithromycin and Lyme (A)
V. Q&A: Neuroreport article on Alzheimer's and LD (Q)
VI. Q&A: Roxithromycin and Lyme (A)
VII. Q&A: Pulse Therapy (Q)
VIII. Q&A: Alternative Treatments? (Q)
IX. How to Subscribe, Contribute, and Get Back Issues

Vol#2 #05I. LYMENET: NY Supreme Court Judge to Insurer: Pay Up
II. LDAUS: Legal Information and Implications of NY Case
III. EXPERIENTIA: Retention of B. burgdorferi pathogenicity and
infectivity after multiple passages in a co-culture system
IV. J CLIN NEUROOPHTHALMOL: First isolation of Borrelia
burgdorferi from an iris biopsy
V. J TROP MED HYG: Prevalence of antibodies to Borrelia
burgdorferi, Borrelia parkeri and Borrelia turicatae in
human settlements of the Cordillera Province, Bolivia
VI. Q&A: Neuroreport article on Alzheimer's and LD (A)
VII. Q&A: Exposure risks of Lyme disease (Q)
VIII. How to Subscribe, Contribute, and Get Back Issues

Vol#2 #06I. STAR TRIBUNE: U of MN Scientists Show Persistence with PCR
II. ANN INTERN MED: The persistence of spirochetal nucleic
acids in active Lyme arthritis
III. Q&A: Exposure risks of Lyme disease (Q)
IV. Q&A: Exposure risks of Lyme disease (A)
V. Q&A: Lyme-Associated Gastric Reflux and Cardiac
Arrhythmias (Q)
VI. Q&A: Alternative Treatments? (A)
VII. How to Subscribe, Contribute, and Get Back Issues

Vol#2 #07I. NIH NEWS: Research on Chronic Lyme Disease
II. LDF CONFERENCE: Opening Remarks by Medical Director
M. Ziska
III. DTSCH MED WOCHENSCHR: Reinfection with Borrelia burgdorferi
in an immunocompetent patient
IV. How to Subscribe, Contribute, and Get Back Issues

Vol#2 #08I. LYMENET ANALYSIS: The Experts Speak
II. J RHEUMATOL: LD: An Infectious and Postinfectious Syndrome
III. How to Subscribe, Contribute, and Get Back Issues

Vol#2 #09I. LYMENET: 1994 LDF Conference Notes by Lloyd Miller, DVM
II. Q&A: Raised Rash? (Q)
III. Q&A: Raised Rash? (A)
IV. Q&A: Lyme Transmittal Time (Q)
V. Q&A: Lyme Transmittal Time (A)
VI. How to Subscribe, Contribute, and Get Back Issues

Vol#2 #10I. LDF: LD Awareness Week Press Conference Statement
II. LYMENET: Lyme Disease Symposium, 7/9/94, San Rafael, CA
III. BR J RHEUMATOL: Evidence for Lyme disease in urban park
workers: a potential new health hazard for city
inhabitants.
IV. J MED ENTOMOL: Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) deer
tick mesoscale populations in natural areas: effects of
deer, area, and location.
V. How to Subscribe, Contribute, and Get Back Issues

Vol#2 #11I. LDF: Breakthrough Study May Mean Quicker Testing &
Diagnosis for Lyme Disease
II. LYMENET: Researchers Seek Missouri and Illinois Ticks
III. RES MICROBIOL: A new genomic species in Borrelia
burgdorferi sensu lato isolated from Japanese ticks
IV. J MED ENTOMOL: Prevalence of Borrelia (Spirochaetaceae)
spirochetes in Texas ticks
V. J BACTERIOL: gyrB mutations in coumermycin A1-resistant
Borrelia burgdorferi
VI. J MED ENTOMOL: Suppression of Ixodes scapularis (Acari:
Ixodidae) nymphs in a large residential community
VII. INFECT IMMUN: Tick transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi to
inbred strains of mice induces an antibody
response to P39 but not to outer surface protein A
VIII. INT J MED MICROBIOL: Seasonal distribution of borreliae in
Ixodes ricinus ticks
IX. INT J MED MICROBIOL: Serological distinction between
syphilis and Lyme borreliosis
X. How to Subscribe, Contribute, and Get Back Issues

Vol#2 #12I. LYMENET: CDC's Olson Stands By His "Lyme Death" Statement
II. LDF: Pregnancy Research Project Begins at LDF
III. LDF: Volunteers Needed for Research Study Design
IV. LYMENET: MS Society to Hold Regional Conference in NJ
V. How to Subscribe, Contribute, and Get Back Issues

Vol#2 #13I. LYMENET: Meeting with NIH Director Scheduled for Thursday
II. LYMENET: CDC Grant Amounts for FY94
III. LYMENET: LDAOhio to Hold First Annual Meeting 9/24
IV. CLIN PEDIATR (PHILA): Physician beliefs, attitudes, and
approaches toward Lyme disease in an endemic area
V. CENT EUR J PUBLIC HEALTH: Electron microscopy and the
polymerase chain reaction of spirochetes from the blood
of patients with Lyme disease
VI. J CLIN MICROBIOL: Isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi from
biopsy specimens taken from healthy-looking skin of
patients with Lyme borreliosis
VII. How to Subscribe, Contribute, and Get Back Issues

Vol#2 #14I. AP: 93 CDC Case Reports Down: Underreporting Suspected
II. MMWR: Lyme Disease -- United States, 1993
III. LYMENET: News from the Fox Chase Lyme Project
IV. LDANJ: Fundraiser for Fox Chase Lyme Disease Project
V. LYMENET: Bologna Conference Proceedings Now Available
VI. How to Subscribe, Contribute, and Get Back Issues

Vol#2 #15I. LYMENET: Patient Responds to News of Lower CDC Figures
II. REV NEUROL: Epilepsy disclosing Neuroborreliosis
III. MED MICROBIOL IMMUNOL: Immunoblot using recombinant
antigens derived from different genospecies of Borrelia
burgdorferi sensu lato.
IV. GENE: Homology between Borrelia burgdorferi OspC and
members of the family of Borrelia hermsii variable major
proteins.
V. LDCNY: President Clinton Responds to the Plight of Lyme
Disease Patients
VI. How to Subscribe, Contribute, and Get Back Issues

Vol#2 #16I. LYMENET: National LymeNet Hits the Internet
II. J CLIN INVEST: Early and specific antibody response to
OspA in Lyme Disease
III. LYMENET: LD Surveillance Goes High Tech
IV. OP-ED: What a Doctor Should Be, By Karen Angotti
V. How to Subscribe, Contribute, and Get Back Issues

Vol#2 #17I. LYMENET: LymeNet Resource Guide Now Available
II. LETTERS: Reader Responds to "What a Doctor Should Be"
III. MD MED J: Maryland physicians' survey on Lyme disease
IV. J CLIN MICROBIOL: Comparison of different strains of
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato used as antigens in
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays
V. FEMS MICROBIOL LETT: Nucleotide sequence and analysis of
the gene in Borrelia burgdorferi encoding the immunogenic
P39 antigen
VI. J BACTERIOL: Analysis of the distribution and molecular
heterogeneity of the ospD gene among the Lyme disease
spirochetes: evidence for lateral gene exchange
VII. About The LymeNet Newsletter

Vol#2 #18I. LYMENET: National LymeNet Begins Holiday Donation Drive
II. LYMENET: Steere Admits Some Of His Former Patients May
Still Be Chronically Infected
III. IMMUNOL LETT: Killing of Borrelia burgdorferi by
macrophages is dependent on oxygen radicals and nitric
oxide and can be enhanced by antibodies to outer surface
proteins of the spirochete
IV. J AM OSTEOPATH ASSOC: Lyme disease with concurrent
ehrlichiosis
V. About The LymeNet Newsletter

Vol#2 #19I. NIAID and Lyme Disease Research - Historical Perspective
II. NIAID Activities FY 1991 through FY 1994
III. Selected NIAID-Supported Research Highlights
IV. FY94 NIH Extramural Research Grants
V. About The LymeNet Newsletter

Vol#2 #20I. NIAID: Summary Of Second Consultation On Chronic LD
II. NIAID: Recent Projects at Rocky Mountain Labs
III. ANTIMICROB AGENTS CHEMOTHER: In vitro activity of
vancomycin against the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi
IV. About The LymeNet Newsletter

Vol#2 #21I. LYMENET: '94 CDC LD Count Hits 10,000 Against The Odds
II. LYMENET: Lyme Disease Network to Hold Radiothon in January
III. LYMENET: New Legal and NIAID Gopher Sections Opened
IV. LYMENET: Patient Offers Insurance Advice
V. About The LymeNet Newsletter

+ Volume 3 - 1995
+ Volume 4 - 1996
+ Volume 5 - 1997
+ Volume 6 - 1998
+ Volume 7 - 1999
+ Volume 8 - 2000

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