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IDX#                Volume 2 - Number 00 - 1/27/94
IDX#                            INDEX
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IDX#  I.   New Features in Volume 2
IDX#  II.  Volume 1 Index
IDX#  III. How to Subscribe, Contribute, and Get Back Issues
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INTRODUCTION:
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This special advance issue of the LymeNet Newsletter lists the new
features in Volume 2.  Most of these features were recommended by
readers.  Also due to popular demand, we are printing an index of the
issues from Volume 1.

-Marc.

I.   New Features in Volume 2
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Many of these features are derived from user input:

   * All index lines begin with the string IDX#.  Therefore, indices
     of the Newsletter may be automatically created using the popular
     Unix "grep" utility.  By issuing a command such as:
               grep IDX# newsletterfile >> indexfile
     all lines with the letters IDX# will be printed and saved to the
     indexfile.  Archivers may take advantage of this feature for
     automatic index creation.  Contact your local computer guru for
     further details.

   * Each feature in the Newsletter now has a separate description
     line in the index, rather than a general heading.  This will allow
     readers to skim the first page to determine if there are items of
     interest.

   * Each line of the Newsletter will remain under 72 characters so
     individuals printing the newsletter on standard printers can
     set up margins for ease of readability.  Lines in Volume 1
     extended to 78 characters.

II.  Volume 1 Index
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                         LYMENET NEWSLETTER
                              VOLUME 1
                               INDEX
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ISSUE 1
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WASHINGTON POST: Letter: LD at Camp David
ABSTRACT: (N Eng J Med) Prevention of Lyme Disease After Tick Bites
          A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
NEW YORK TIMES: More Tickborne Disease Found in State [CT]
COMMENTARY: New Jersey's Lyme Disease Bill, by Marc Gabriel
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Listing of several interesting publications

ISSUE 2
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SCIENCE: Letter: LD: Asking the Right Questions, by Carl Brenner
UPI: Deer Ticks Seem to Prefer Biting People Wearing Clothes
LYME TIMES: Dr. Edwin Masters of Missouri vs. CDC
QUESTION: How Accurate are LD Tests?
QUESTION: What is the Prognosis for Chronic LD?
QUESTION: LD in Med/Africa?
COMMENTARY: Yale's Flawed Prophylaxis Study, by John O'Donnell
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Listing of Several Interesting Publications

ISSUE 3
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ANNOUNCEMENT: (LD Network of NJ) - Expansion to National Organization
QUESTION: Pain Syndromes in LD
ANSWER: How Accurate are LD Tests?
QUESTION: Dogs and Ticks
ABSTRACT: Use of Roxithromycin in LD
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Listing of several interesting publications

ISSUE 4
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LA TIMES: NIH Chief Announces Plans to Resign
ABSTRACT: (Lancet) Balance of Synovial Fluid IL-1[beta] and IL-1
          Receptor Antagonist and Recovery From Lyme Arthritis
ABSTRACT: (Clin Exp Rheumatol) The Effects of 20 Weeks of Physical
          Fitness Training in Female Patients With Fibromyalgia
ABSTRACT: (Arthritis Rheum) Low levels of Somatomedin C in Patients
          With the Fibromyalgia Syndrome. A Possible Link Between Sleep
          and Muscle Pain.
ANSWER: How Accurate are LD Tests?
ANSWER: What is the Prognosis for Chronic LD?
DISCUSSION: Lyme Disease for dogs
FEATURE: Open Letter from Diane Betz

ISSUE 5
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SPECIAL ISSUE:
             Laboratory Diagnostic Tests for Lyme Disease

                         Senior Staff Fellow
                 Laboratory of Vectors and Pathogens
                   NIH/Rocky Mountain Laboratories
                         Hamilton, MT  59840

ISSUE 6
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NEWS: Lyme-related Legislation from Around the Country
DISCUSSION: Lyme Disease for Dogs
ANSWER: What is the Prognosis for Chronic LD?
QUESTION: Lyme AB Screen
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Veterinary Lyme Disease -- Selected References

ISSUE 7
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ANNOUNCEMENT: 6th Annual International Conference on Lyme Disease &
              Related Disorders
ANNOUNCEMENT: NJ LD Coalition Trenton Rally
NIH PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Neurological Aspects Of Lyme Disease
NEWS: Congress Passes Lyme Disease Awareness Week bill
NEWS: Lyme Disease Bacteria Found in Birds
ABSTRACT: (J Clin Microbiol) Comparison of Polymerase Chain Reaction
          with Culture and Serology for Diagnosis of Murine
          Experimental Lyme Borreliosis
ABSTRACT: (Pediatrics) Early Lyme disease: A Flu-like Illness Without
          Erythema Migrans
QUESTION: Research Projects
ANSWER: Research Projects (Prevent Lyme Foundation)
QUESTION: Prognosis of Patients With Persistent Symptoms
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Listing of Several Interesting Publications

ISSUE 8
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ANNOUNCEMENT: NJ LD Coalition: Candlelight Vigil
NEWS: NJ Lyme Bill Passes Senate
ABSTRACT: (J. Infect. Dis.) Experimental Lyme Disease in Dogs Produces
         Arthritis and Persistent Infection
QUESTION: Is This LD?
ANSWER: Is This LD?
FEATURE: Treatment Protocol, By Philip Paparone, MD

ISSUE 9
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Call For Papers From The Lyme Disease Update
UPI: Resurgence Of Infectious Disease Concerns CDC
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Lyme-Disease Ruling Raises Liability Issues
ABSTRACT: (J Urol) Urinary Dysfunction in Lyme disease
QUESTION: Question on Lyme Vectors and Compost Piles

ISSUE 10
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SPECIAL ISSUE:
          Response To "The Overdiagnosis Of Lyme Disease"
    Journal of the American Medical Association, 1993;269:1812-1816
        By: Carl Brenner, Marc C. Gabriel, John S. O'Donnell

ISSUE 11
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ANNOUNCEMENT: The Sixth Annual Rheumatology Symposium on Lyme Disease
UPI: Cases of Lyme disease increase 19-fold in decade
ABSTRACT: (Acta Paediatr) Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of
          Lyme Borreliosis in Childhood.  A Prospective Multicentre
          Study With Special Regard to Neuroborreliosis
ANSWER: Question on Lyme Vectors and Compost Piles
QUESTION: Does the Bull's Eye Rash Bode Ill or Well For The LD Victim?
QUESTION: Vaccination for Cats?
LETTER: Lyme Quilt

ISSUE 12
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NEWS: Upstate NY County Declared Endemic
ANNOUNCEMENT: Support Group in Montgomery County, PA
HARTFORD COURANT: Victim of Lyme disease settles malpractice suit
SPECIAL SECTION: LDF Conference Summary - part 1
(with Consensus Diagnostic Categories and Treatment Guidelines)

ISSUE 13
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NEWS: CDC Reporting criteria
SPECIAL SECTION: LDF Conference Summary - part 2
QUESTION: Optic Neuritis and LD

ISSUE 14
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SPECIAL ISSUE:
                 CHRONIC PERSISTENT INFECTION AND
      CHRONIC PERSISTENT DENIAL OF CHRONIC PERSISTENT INFECTION
                         IN LYME DISEASE
                     Kenneth B. Liegner, M.D.
                Internal & Critical Care Medicine
               Lyme Borreliosis & Related Disorders

ISSUE 15
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ABSTRACT: (J Exp Med) MedImmune's Lyme Disease Vaccine
NEW YORK TIMES: Letter: Lyme Disease Can Disable {*filter*}s and Children
ABSTRACT: (Science) The Biological and Sociological Phenomenon of
          Lyme Disease
QUESTION: Intestinal Problems and LD
ANSWER: Intestinal Problems and LD
QUESTION: Gestational Lyme borreliosis
QUESTION: Is this worth checking out?
QUESTION: Transmission of Lyme Disease by {*filter*}?
ANSWER: Optic Neuritis and LD
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Listing of several interesting publications

ISSUE 16
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SPECIAL ISSUE:
                        The National LymeNet:
              (National Lyme Disease Computer Network)
                       What It Will Do For Us
                           Why We Need It
                        Request For Donations

ISSUE 17
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GANNETT: Risk Of LD Low According to David Dennis
CLARIFICATION: Notes from LD Conference
HARTFORD COURANT: Lyme Disease Underreported, Study Says
UPI: Common Cat Fleas May Carry LD Bacterium
UPI: Breeding ticks linked with Lyme Disease found in Jasper County, IN
UPI: PA Ticks Wanted Dead or Alive
DISCUSSION: Transmission of Lyme Disease by {*filter*}?
QUESTION: Lyme and Heart Problems
QUESTION: Antibiotic Course

ISSUE 18
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SPECIAL ISSUE: LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
NEWS: Senate LD Hearing Rescheduled
NEWS: Rep. Chris Smith Proposes $1 million for Aberdeen

ISSUE 19
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SPECIAL ISSUE:
               Notes From The Sixth Annual Rheumatology
                     Symposium on Lyme Disease
                           Yale University

ISSUE 20
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ANNOUNCEMENT: LDANJ Fund-raiser: "Great Imitator" Family Masquerade
              Party
BARRONS: {*filter*} on Trial: The Growing Role of Washington's Advisory
         Panels
WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL: Lyme Overdiagnosed
SPECIAL NEWS ANALYSIS: Dr. Paul Mitchell's Radio Comments
ABSTRACT: (Proc Natl Acad Sci) Evasion of Protective Immunity By
          Borrelia Burgdorferi by Truncation of Outer Surface Protein B
THE VANCOUVER SUN: Woman with Symptoms Relieved as Official Reveals
                   B.C. Contractions Possible
ABSTRACT: (Arthritis Rheum) The Polymerase Chain Reaction for the
          Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in Human Body Fluids
BOOK REVIEWS: 1. Lyme Disease: A Mother's Perspective
              2. Coping with Lyme Disease: A Practical Guide to Dealing
                 with Diagnosis and Treatment

ISSUE 21
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ANNOUNCEMENT: NJ LD Coalition Trenton Rally
BOSTON GLOBE: Lyme Disease Victim [Evan White] Asks Panel for Help
NEW YORK TIMES: Lyme Disease: Does It Really Linger?

ISSUE 22
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Iowa State University Seeking Ticks
ANNOUNCEMENT: Missouri and Southern Illinois Ticks Sought
ABSTRACT: (Nord Med) Message from Lyme
ABSTRACT: (J Wildl Dis) Serologic Survey for Antibodies to Borrelia
          Burgdorferi in White- Tailed Deer in Georgia
QUESTION: Lyme Patient Access
NEWS ANALYSIS: MS and LD in Connecticut
ANSWER: Antibiotic Course
QUESTION: Hearing Loss and Lyme Infected Tick

ISSUE 23
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Letters Sought to Greet Dr. Gasser
ANNOUNCEMENT: NJ Devils Fund-raiser for Pediatric Lyme Foundation
LYMENET NEWS: Chronic LD Patient Wins Injunction Against Insurer in
              Court
NEWS: Doubting Doctors 'Drove Rare Disease Woman To Suicide'
ABSTRACT: (Proc Natl Acad Sci) Isolation and Transmission of the Lyme
          Disease Spirochete from the Southeastern United States
LETTER: Health Care Choice, by Janice Beers
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Listing of Several Interesting Publications

ISSUE 24
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SPECIAL REFERENCE ISSUE:
                      Prehistoric Lyme
                (The History of Lyme Disease)

ISSUE 25
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LETTER: Underreporting, By Dr. David T. Dennis
RESPONSE TO LETTER: By Editors of the LymeNet Newsletter
LYMENET NEWS: Steere To Insurers: Use Case Definition For Diagnosis
NEW YORK TIMES: Letter: Lyme Disease And Lesson of AIDS
NEWSDAY: Lyme Case Postponed; Insurer Reviews Decision to Cut Off
         Treatment
ANNOUNCEMENT: LD Telephone Support Group in NJ

ISSUE 26
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PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: Lyme Surge Has County Officials Scratching Heads
LITERATURE REVIEW: 1. Lyme Disease: The Sensible Pursuit of Answers
                   2. Long Term Treatment of Chronic Lyme Arthritis
                      with Benzathine Penicillin
                   3. Psychiatric Manifestations of Lyme Borreliosis
                   4. Neuroendocrine-immune Interactions
ABSTRACT: (J Infect Dis) Topical Prophylaxis for Lyme Disease After
          Tick Bite in a Rodent Model
ABSTRACT: (Infect Immun) OspB Mutant of Borrelia Burgdorferi Has
          Reduced Invasiveness in Vitro and Reduced Infectivity in Vivo

ISSUE 27
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ABSTRACT: (Neuroreport) Alzheimer's Disease -- a Spirochetosis?
COMMENTARY: "Alzheimer's Disease -- a Spirochetosis?" By Carl Brenner
ABSTRACT: (Proc Natl Acad Sci) Borrelia Burgdorferi is Clonal:
          Implications for Taxonomy and Vaccine Development
NEW YORK TIMES: More Animals Are Said To Carry Lyme Disease
OP-ED: Ivy League Ticks versus Redneck Ticks, By Karen Angotti

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