Lyme Borreliosis in British Columbia

U R Visitor

A Speculation On

Brucellosis

As a Co-infection of Lyme Disease

by Ron Gerhardi

January 15, 2005

For those of you who know me, you know that I have been fixated on learning why snowshoe hare populations became severely impacted in the area where I and others became ill. As I suspect my disease came from the hares, learning what happened to them will give my doctor greater insight into treating my disease. The health of our small mammals as canaries are our understanding toward disease. The year 2005 makes it two decades since I became ill and started trying to learn about my disease.

Living in a rural area, while researching what to do about cattle on our lawn I found that the rancher's cattle had been quarantined in 1976 for Brucellosis. A quick search on Google found that snowshoe hares are susceptible. Although it's generally known to be tick-borne, so far I have been unable to confirm this with a scientific study. However, if birds can carry Brucellosis this may help explain the severely impacted snowshoe hare populations in certain areas. Although the Brucellosis outbreak was in the area where I live, my dog & I became ill while prospecting 100 miles to the north.

The snowshoe hares tick has not been researched in sufficiency because it is known to only rarely bite humans. We know they attach to birds and I have removed ticks from mice and had them properly identified in the US as Haemaphysalis leporispalustris. H. leporispalustris has been shown to carry Lyme disease. This shows the possibility of the disease traveling on migratory birds and becoming a co-infection of Lyme disease.

I do not feel this is a new disease. No one became suspicious when I and others became seriously ill.

Any information showing Brucellosis to be tick-borne will be greatly appreciated, please e-mail:

Will post as I learn more.

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