~HELP US "FIGHT THE BITE"~

~LYME DISEASE: THE "BEST KEPT SECRET"~

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~Minnesota Lymefighter's Advocacy ~

an Affiliate of the

"Lyme Disease United Coalition"

Section 501(c)(3) Non-Profit

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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
An Affilliate of the LDUC
MN

~TICK PIC'S, RASHES AND MORE~

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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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~Mycoplasma blood smear (left) ~Ehrlichiosis blood smear (right)

~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)

~BIRDS COULD FLY?~

(Engorged tick on bird)

~BELOW:LYME PREVELANCE MAP~

(NOTE-JUST REPORTED CASES OF LYME)

~Above CDC Map~ U.S. TOTAL LYME CASES 1990-2006: 265,486

~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~

~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~

~COW COVERED WITH ENGORGED TICKS~

~EXAMPLE OF HOW SMALL A "NYMPH" TICK IS~

(GOOD LUCK FINDING THIS ON YOUR BODY)

~Andalusian Dogs Presents~

UNDER THE EIGHTBALL

~CLICK HERE~

To View

'UNDER THE EIGHTBALL'S

Powerful Trailer

(Read below for a brief synopsis)

In 1951 at Fort Detrick, Maryland, construction crews built a hollow metal sphere four stories high. Inside germ weapons were to be exploded, creating mists of

"Infectious Aerosols"

for testing on animals........

"AND PEOPLE!"

Employees called it the eightball.

Minnesota Lymefighter's Advocacy
An Affilliate of the LDUC
MN