From:
www.geocities.com/playpub/LD-Morgellons.htmMystery Illness-Parasite Said To Be Afflicting Idahoans Getting Attention
Jon Hanian - Boise, ID - May 19, 2004
Some researchers believe Lyme bacteria linked to mystery illness
" . . . But a former NASA physician and epidemiologist based in Houston believes there is an infectious bacteria at the heart of this problem. Dr. William Harvey is the current chairman of the NASA Education Advisory Committee. He has documented more than 565 of these (Borreliosis) cases in Texas and says 94% of (those with Morgellons’ skin lesions) have tested positive for the bacteria associated with Lyme disease, or Borreliosis. "I think we are a looking at a major problem that has been unrecognized in humanity right now."
Harvey co-authored a published medical study concluding the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, associated with Lyme disease, could be at the heart of a widely unknown misdiagnosed infection. In 2003 Harvey published his research in the medical journal Medical Hypotheses. His article 'Lyme Disease': Ancient Engine of an Unrecognized Borreliosis Pandemic, suggests that the bacteria associated with Lyme disease is much more widely distributed. "The yet-unrecognized form appears to have a broader clinical presentation, wider geographic distribution, and vastly greater prevalence," Harvey wrote in his report. He says research suggests it attacks the immune system in a specific way rendering it susceptible to these unusual organisms. "The lab tests that we do are predictably showing certain immune damage and it is consistent from patient to patient to patient to patient."
Harvey believes the bacteria is the bigger problem. But the so-called parasites, which have yet to be clinically proven in a controlled laboratory setting, do have highly unusual characteristics as seen through a scanning electron microscope. Leitao says they also defy being easily identified. "What we see are branching structures very fungus like but so large, these fibers, these hyphae are so large that they can not be any of the known fungi." Harvey says some of the "filaments" have been confirmed as the infectious yeast Candida tropicalis.
Conventional wisdom says ticks spread the bacteria associated with Lyme disease. But Dr. Harvey's research suggests that bacteria maybe spread through casual and congenital human contact. . ."
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From:
www.rense.com/general72/weirdbug.htmMorgellons - Weird 'Alien'Bug Hits Thousands In US
"I think we are a looking at a major problem that has been unrecognized in humanity right now." -- Dr. William Harvey, NASA
From Samuel Feldman 6-25-6
" . . .Ginger Savely, a medical practitioner in Austin Texas, says she's seeing more and more patients in her clinic with the symptoms. Quoted in a local newspaper she said "Talking about it just sounds crazy, but there are just a lot of things that come out of their skin."
Savely specializes in Lyme Disease and believes there may be a link. She says that about 10 percent of her patients with chronic Lyme disease have symptoms of Morgellons. He theory is that people with the tick-borne Lyme Disease have weaker immune systems, and may be more vulnerable to the Morgellons infection.
The Morgellons Research Foundation says that forty-four people with Morgellons have tested positive for Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), the bacteria which causes Lyme Disease.
They believe that an infection with Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) may alter the individual's immune system and allow this unknown organism to become an opportunistic coinfection.
Ancient Engine of An Unrecognised 'Borreliosis' Pandemic?
A former NASA physician and epidemiologist based in Houston also believes there is an infectious bacteria at the heart of this problem.
Dr. William Harvey is the current chairman of the NASA Education Advisory Committee. He has documented more than 565 of these (Borreliosis) cases in Texas and says 94% of (those with Morgellons' skin lesions) have tested positive for the bacteria associated with Lyme disease, or Borreliosis. "I think we are a looking at a major problem that has been unrecognized in humanity right now."
Harvey co-authored a published medical study concluding the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, associated with Lyme disease, could be at the heart of a widely unknown misdiagnosed infection.
In 2003 Harvey published his research in the medical journal Medical Hypotheses. His article 'Lyme Disease': Ancient Engine of an Unrecognized Borreliosis Pandemic', suggests that the bacteria associated with Lyme disease is much more widely distributed.
"The yet-unrecognized form appears to have a broader clinical presentation, wider geographic distribution, and vastly greater prevalence," Harvey wrote in his report.
He says research suggests it attacks the immune system in a specific way rendering it susceptible to these unusual organisms. "The lab tests that we do are predictably showing certain immune damage and it is consistent from patient to patient to patient to patient."
Harvey believes the bacteria is the bigger problem. But the so-called parasites, which have yet to be clinically proven in a controlled laboratory setting, do have highly unusual characteristics as seen through a scanning electron microscope.
Harvey says some of the "filaments" have been confirmed as the infectious yeast Candida tropicalis and that doctors can easily see the physical symptoms in people who are branded "delusional." He says when patients complain that "fibers" are coming out of their skin sores, physicians should investigate.
"All the doctors have to do is buy a 30X hand-held microscope from Radio Shack and look," Harvey said. "The facts speak for themselves." . . ."
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Dr. William Harvey and P. Salvato's paper on an unrecognized pandemic basically takes the current assumptions and definitions, applies reality, takes apart current premises and explains what's really happening.
The mention of Chlamydia pneumoniae is just a small part given as an example.
From:
www.canlyme.com/pandora.htmlWilliam T. Harvey, MD ILADS.org
'Lyme disease': ancient engine of an unrecognized borreliosis pandemic?
W. T. Harvey, P. Salvato
" . . . An evolutionary biology perspective is further to the point. Any persistent pathogen (relevant if Bbsl survives into late illness) must effectively escape the immune system. An example is Chlamydia pneumoniae infection where antibodies appear only when the agent is causing active pneumonia, yet the organism persists primarily unnoticed and undetected (2). Bbsl prevalence data are rife with a mixture of asymptomatic seropositive as well as symptomatic seronegative findings (43-45,49,53,65,90,100-107). Many presumptions have been used to rationalize this data. Curiously, none have considered the possibility that the subject pools may include a high number of intra-human transfer cases. In summary, the preponderance of available data cast serious doubt on the validity of current serology criteria for diagnosing viable human Bb infection. . . ."
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This paper should be read over and over. Too bad it doesn't have photos to illustrate what physicians should look for.
QH