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Lyme Disease & LizardsLyme Disease InfoWith all the present possible risk factors associated with Lyme disease, there is now information regarding the possibility of lizards being connected with the disease as well. However, these lizards are not connected with the disease in a negative way. This is due to the fact that ticks carrying the Lyme disease bacterium feed on a common western fence lizard's blood, they can be cleansed of the infection. It is said that the blood of this kind of lizard contains a heat-sensitive protein substance which results in killing the Lyme disease spirochete. However, this protein is yet to be identified. The western fence lizards lived on trees before they lived on fences, and are very agile in trees, and considered to be almost indestructible. These lizards can leap and land practically anywhere, without being harmed whatsoever. These lizards are about 8-10 cm long excluding their tail, and are usually brown to black in color; adult males however often have iridescent blue patches on their flanks, and, in fact, their entire bodies may be flecked with this blue color. The diet of the western fence lizard includes such things as insects and spiders, and these reptiles are commonly seen sunning themselves on paths, rocks, and the likes. There have been new findings published which are used to explain why there are fewer cases of tick-borne Lyme disease in such areas as California than in the eastern part of the United States, where Lyme disease was first revealed and given its name. What the studies showed was that there was a significant increase in the number of western fence lizards in the western part of the United States, compared to the eastern locations where there are practically none. This supported their findings of the Lyme disease bacterium being cleansed off a tick through the blood of the lizard. Scientists are hoping that through further discussion and investigation with the western fence lizard that in fact a treatment might be found for Lyme disease. It has been known for about a decade that the lizards were immune to the disease even when infested by ticks, and researchers are now trying their best to isolate this protein in order to find out whether or not there are any possible applications for using it to treat Lyme disease in human beings. Filed under: Lyme Disease & Lizards |
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