Dept of Health posted on their website the response to the Scoping study on Lyme disease in Australia. There were 11 gaps in knowledge Gaps in current knowledge The scoping study raised 11 questions that identified the gaps in current knowledge and these were: 1. Does Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. occur in Australian ticks, and especially in I. holocyclus? 2. Do other Australian tick species transmit Lyme borreliosis? 3. Can Australian ticks be infected with, maintain, and transmit B. burgdorderi s.l.? 4. Can we find better diagnostic tools to search for Lyme borreliosis? 5. Is there an indigenous species of Borrelia in Australia able to infect humans and able to cause a Lyme disease-like syndrome? 6. Do other possible pathogens occurring in Australian ticks cause a Lyme disease-like syndrome? 7. Are there any relapsing fever group Borrelia species in Australia? 8. Can B. burgdorferi s.l. be detected with any certainty in EM rashes following a tick bite, as demonstrated by PCR and/or culture of biopsy specimens? 9. Is there an immune response to B. burgdorferi s.l. or to any other possible agent in the sera of patients presenting with a Lyme disease-like syndrome? 10. Are there any B. burgdorferi-specific IgG antibodies in the sera of patients with Lyme disease-like syndrome? 11. If there is evidence found to indicate the presence of Lyme borreliosis or a Lyme disease-like syndrome in Australia, what is the geographic spread of cases
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 00:33:37 +0000
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