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Wendy Adams @adamswendya.bsky.social · 2d

This happened numerous times in #lyme - parents accused of abuse or Munchausens. Also used against mothers in divorce cases.

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Wendy Adams @adamswendya.bsky.social · 27d

How you know you’ve just been at a #borrelia conference #iclb17 @jutraslab.bsky.social

Wendy Adams @adamswendya.bsky.social · 27d

10d doxy failure leads to #lyme carditis presenting as sudden cardiac arrest - if pt had been treated with longer course would he have experienced sometimes fatal carditis? Not always AV block. @Drlipid @JohnsHopkinsSPH pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Lyme Carditis and Inflammation-Driven Plaque Erosion Presenting as Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Lyme carditis represents a rare cardiac complication of Borrelia burgdorferi infection, often causing conduction disturbances but rarely causing malignant arrhythmias. Inflammatory acute coronary synd...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Wendy Adams @adamswendya.bsky.social · Jul 10

My husband was bitten there! 10 minute walk and BAM

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Wendy Adams @adamswendya.bsky.social · May 15

This has helped my family member - so glad it will be studied in a clinical trial!

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Wendy Adams @adamswendya.bsky.social · Apr 26

ER suspected Lyme enough to test - which means with shortness of breath they should have immediately treated for carditis instead of waiting for results. Instead, patient died.

Brian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social · Apr 25

Death attributed to cardiac complications of Lyme disease

journals.lww.com/amjforensicm...

#MicroSky 🦠🧫🔬

Sudden Death With Lyme Disease Myocarditis: A Case Report : The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

r-old man from a Lyme-endemic area who had multiple cardiovascular risk factors. His death was initially attributed to coronary artery disease by the local coroner's office but was later confirmed to ...

journals.lww.com

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Wendy Adams @adamswendya.bsky.social · Apr 18

Some news: this was my last week at @bayarealyme as Research Grant Director. Building BAL and serving patients has been a profound personal and professional honor. I will be working with a private foundation but will stay involved with the community, BAL & @lymebiobank.bsky.social

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Wendy Adams @adamswendya.bsky.social · Feb 20

Read this thread, but especially this one - “you have no right to erase an illness simply b/c you find its existence to be politically inconvenient” (I’ll add scientifically inconvenient as well, as in, it invalidates your body of research….)

Boo-trino Lab @putrinolab.bsky.social · Feb 20

here we go: you have no right to attempt to erase an illness simply because you find its existence to be politically inconvenient. I am eternally grateful that as my incredible team struggled to find allies in this landscape, there was also @hmkyale and @VirusesImmunity who 10/

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Wendy Adams @adamswendya.bsky.social · Feb 5

Reminder: @bayarealyme.bsky.social Emerging Leader Award ($150K grant) application is due March 7, 2025. For info and application:

www.bayarealyme.org/our-research...

Emerging Leader Award - Bay Area Lyme Foundation

The Bay Area Lyme Foundation Emerging Leader Award recognizes up-and-coming researchers bringing new approaches and creativity to the field of Lyme disease.

www.bayarealyme.org

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Wendy Adams @adamswendya.bsky.social · Jan 22

#IACC/#IACI RFA (including #lyme) from NIH, due dates in Feb, June and October! grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

PAR-25-116: Towards a Better Understanding of the Neurological Effects of Infection-Associated Chronic Illnesses (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Towards a Better Understanding of the Neurological Effects of Infection-Associated Chronic Illnesses (R01 - Clinical Tr...

grants.nih.gov

Wendy Adams @adamswendya.bsky.social · Jan 16

I was a Phase 3 judge in @CohenGive’s $10+ million #LymeXDiagnosticsPrize, please join me in congratulating our winners: www.lymexdiagnosticsprize.com/announcing-t...

Announcing the Phase 3 winners - LymeX Diagnostic Prize

Today, the LymeX Diagnostics Prize announced the Phase 3 winners in the $10+ million competition to accelerate the development of Lyme disease diagnostics. Through Phase 3, the teams had access to web...

www.lymexdiagnosticsprize.com

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Wendy Adams @adamswendya.bsky.social · Jan 16

Ugh, so sorry Meghan!

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Wendy Adams @adamswendya.bsky.social · Jan 7

But they transmit rickettsial infections - several cases in our area from PAC coast tick last year.

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Wendy Adams @adamswendya.bsky.social · Dec 19

@lymebiobank.bsky.social has provided samples to >100 projects. We also have post mortem/surgical samples for research, get in touch with Liz Horn ([email protected]) for info

Michal Caspi Tal, PhD @immunofever.bsky.social · Dec 19

Liz is here!!!
@lymebiobank.bsky.social
Lyme biobank will change our understanding of Lyme diseas and is facilitating truly incredible and collaborative science!

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