Borreliosis
(Lyme disease)
Borrelia
being the contrary organism that it is, men once again have the advantage,
as it were, of being more likely to pass Borrelia on to their female
partners than females are to their male parthers...and mothers to their
babies while still in the womb or in breast milk.
Spring
Brings Tick Threat to Peace Enforcers, JAMA 1996
Epidemiology
and clinical similarities of human spirochetal diseases, Rev Inf
Dis 1989
Recovery
Of Lyme Spirochetes By PCR In Semen and Breast Milk
Lyme
Disease: The Unknown Epidemic
Clinical
Aspects of Lyme Disease: Dermatologic, Cardiac, GI, and Gestational
Reproductive
and Developmental Hazards: A Guide for Occupational Health Professionals
p. 83
Infections
of the Fetus and Newborn Infant
Infectious
Origins of Stillbirth
Teratogen
Update: Lyme Disease Teratology 2001 (keep in mind the high
rate of undiagnosed LD)
2005
Connecticut State Hearing on Mother-Child Transmission
Audio/Video
Lyme:
A Lover's Disease, Eli Mordecai Ph.D, MDL
Labs
Raphael
Stricker MD on Lyme Disease, KTVU News video 2003
Babesiosis
Fatal
experimental transplacental Babesia gibsoni infections in dogs.
2005
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