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Better drugs for Lyme disease: focus on the spirochete

Authors Stricker RB , Middelveen MJ 

Received 11 June 2018

Accepted for publication 20 July 2018

Published 7 September 2018 Volume 2018:11 Pages 1437—1439

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S176831

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Review by Single anonymous peer review

Peer reviewer comments 4

Editor who approved publication: Professor Suresh Antony



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Raphael B Stricker,1 Marianne J Middelveen2

1Union Square Medical Associates, San Francisco, CA, USA; 2Atkins Veterinary Services, Calgary, AB, Canada

Abstract: Twenty-five years ago, the AIDS epidemic was wreaking havoc around the world. Although “HIV denialists” threatened to undermine research efforts to combat the epidemic, development of targeted antiviral therapy eventually provided effective treatment for the disease. Now the Lyme disease epidemic is wreaking havoc around the world, and “Lyme denialists” are undermining efforts to combat the epidemic. Drawing on our experience with the AIDS epidemic, there is a significant need to develop targeted therapy to control the Lyme disease epidemic.

Keywords: HIV/AIDS, Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, tick-borne disease, designer drugs

Disclosure

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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