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. I was advised by Minister Hunt that this $3 million is seed funding, for the purpose of generating new knowledge [...]

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 3 medically accepted groups of Borrelia. B.burgdorferi (USA and Europe), relapsing fever Borrelia (Asia, Africa, South America and USA) and [...]