~LYME DISEASE: THE "BEST KEPT SECRET"~
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~Minnesota Lymefighter's Advocacy ~
501(c)3 non-profit pending
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~Our website is a "Work in Progress". Please continue to check back as we continue to update & refine our site.~
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ALL I'LL EVER DO, WILL BE "IN MEMORY OF YOU". MY DEAR, SWEET SISTER. MY BEST FRIEND, LESLIE.
MINNESOTA LYMEFIGHTER'S ADVOCACY
A CHAPTER OF THE "LYME DISEASE UNITED COALITION"
111 Ridge Drive
Brainerd, MN 56401
ph: 218.829.LYME.(5963)
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~THIS IS LYME DISEASE?~
~YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME~
(ABOVE PICTURE DEMONSTRATES THE PRECAUTIONS TAKEN, WHEN SCIENTISTS PERFORM TICK RESEARCH)
~I DON'T BELIEVE OUR "TICK PREVENTION" BROCHURES STATE THE NEED TO WEAR TYVEK SUITS; RUBBER GLOVES AND FACE MASKS~
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~Babesiosis blood smear~
~ABOVE-WE OFTEN WONDER IF THE "POWERS THAT BE" AT PLUM ISLAND, KNEW THAT DEER COULD SWIM?~
(DEER RESCUED FROM ATLANTIC OCEAN)
OR
~BIRDS COULD FLY?~
(Engorged tick on bird)

~BELOW:LYME PREVELANCE MAP~
(NOTE-JUST REPORTED CASES OF LYME)


~NOTE: CDC says Lyme Disease is under reported and that only about 10% of cases that meet CDC "surveillance" criteriea are actually reported to CDC.
~ For example: Oklahoma 362 reported cases=3,620 probable cases meeting CDC criteria.
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~BELOW-LYME & MS PREVELANCE MAPS~
(THE POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN LYME & MS)
~CLICK HERE-FOR SUPPORTIVE ARTICLE~ 

~BELOW:IF THE TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE FREEZING - TICKS ARE ACTIVE~

~Explanation of pictures below~
~Engorged ticks on bird~ (49 bird species known to carry ticks) ~Tick Eggs~


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~CLICK ON LINK: LDF'S TICK GALLERY~

~ABOVE~TICK ID GUIDE AND WHAT THEY CAN TRANSMIT~
~Ixodes scapularis (includes Black legged and deer tick)~ Transmits agents of : Lyme, Babesiosis; Ehrlichiosis, Anaplasmosis, tick paralysis. Powassen encephalitis. Possibly transmits: Tularemia, Bartonella.
~Amblyomma americanum (includes Lone star)~ Transmits agents of: STARI (southern tick-associated rash illness), tick paralysis, tularemia. Possibly transmits: Rocky Mt. spotted fever.
~Dermacentor variabilis (includes American dog tic and Wood tick)~ Transmits agents of: Rocky Mt. spotted fever, Tick paralysis, tularemia. Possibly transmits: Ehrlichiosis, Lyme.

~ABOVE: DOG SUFFERS WITH "TICK PARALYSIS"~

~ENGORGED TICKS ON EARS OF A DEER~


~LYME RASHES (ERYTHEMA MIGRANS)~
~PICTURES ABOVE AND BELOW~



MINNESOTA LYMEFIGHTER'S ADVOCACY
A CHAPTER OF THE "LYME DISEASE UNITED COALITION"
111 Ridge Drive
Brainerd, MN 56401
ph: 218.829.LYME.(5963)
info