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Elitza S. Theel

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The false promise of cellular tests for Lyme borreliosis

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By Elitza S. Theel, Bobbi S Pritt
| The Lancet Verified
Lyme borreliosis, caused by members of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl) complex, is the most common vector-borne disease in Europe and the USA, with over 600 000 cases estimated to occur annually in these regions since 2010.Given this impressive global burden, it is remarkable that there are still substantial diagnostic gaps for Lyme borreliosis, including the absence of reliable assays for acute infection, difficulty in differentiating past disease from current disease, and an...
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By Alex McAdam, Elitza S. Theel, Erin H. Graf, Stephanie Mitchell
| American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
We are just back from the Molecular Virology Workshop in West Palm Beach. This is a terrific meeting that is organized by the Pan-American Society for Clinical Virology or PASCV. The workshop immediately precedes the Clinical Virology Symposium that ASM organizes and many of us like to attend both. Today we’ll be talking about some of the high points of the Molecular Virology Workshop, with two members of the organizing committee from PASCV.
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Prevalence and Mortality Associated with Bloodstream Infections

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By Alex McAdam, Elitza S. Theel, Nick Daneman, Kevin Brown
| American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Episode Summary It is estimated that anywhere from 575,000 to 677,000 bloodstream infections occur annually in North America, with approximately 40,000 of those directly linked to patient mortality in the United States, making bloodstream infections the 11th most common cause of death in the US according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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