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The $3mil grant for DSCATT (TBD, Lyme-like illness) in Australia
A year ago Greg Hunt, Minister for Health, announced the allocation of $3 million for Debilitating Symptom Complexes Attributed to Ticks (DSCATT) research. This week Minister Hunt announced the 2 recipients of the grant funding. [...]
Dept of Health Forum on DCATT – 27 July 2018 Sydney
The forum was opened by Prof Brendan Murphy. His main message was the government does not believe that chronic diseases can be caused by chronic infections. This theme resonated through the forum. The government acknowledges [...]
Australian Borrelia
NEW research has found that Australian ticks carry Borrelia bacteria. However, it is not Lyme Borrelia, which has been long debated, but rather Australian Borrelia that belongs to a unique hybrid group. Currently there are [...]
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