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Bringing Bartonellosis to Major Media: Swamp Boy

Swamp Boy Many people have heard of the randomized clinical trial, the “gold standard” of medical evidence, with results breathlessly making headline news. But what about the other kinds of evidence that make up evidence-based medicine? The first layer of evidence is the case report. Let’s learn more about case reports and a case of [...]

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One Health Day 2022

We are excited to celebrate the seventh annual One Health Day. In the last seven years, the number of One Health programs has increased around the globe. Here in the US, One Health training is available in university programs from forestry to veterinary school. We have even seen One Health programs at local universities like [...]

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Plant-based cures for Vector-borne disease

Photo from Pexels by PhotoMIX Company Herb- and plant-based medicines have been used for as long as 60,000 years, with the first written record dating to 7,000 years ago. While these medicines have survived scientific evaluation with varying success, one in four medications currently used has a plant-based origin. One of the most successful medications [...]

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Leaves are falling, and so are our prices!

Our Lyme Borrelia Nanotrap Antigen Test  ($405 $300), Bartonella IFA Four panel ($520 $435), and Bartonella Digital ePCR Single Draw Test ($875 $775), with a collection date of Sept. 15th and later, will be discounted. Include the promotion code, FALL2022, on all test request forms from September 15th until December 31st, 2022 to qualify for [...]

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What is the difference between infection and disease?

Disease-causing microbes are often found in the human microbiome. So, when does the presence of pathogenic microbes indicate an infection? And when does the presence of infection explain disease?   What is an infection? What is a disease? A disease associated with microbes is the outcome of interaction(s) between a microbe(s) and its host in [...]

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Bartonella quintana: Putting the re-emerging in emerging infection

Introduction Trench fever was a defining feature of World War I. Notables like A.A. Milne, author of Winnie-the-Pooh, and fantasy writer JRR Tolkien were treated for trench fever. But surely trench fever did not just appear in the European trenches of World War I and then disappear after. What’s the rest of the story? Before [...]

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