Borrelia Attack Models University of New Haven Symposium May 19, 2007 Alan B. MacDonald MD Staff Pathologist St Catherine of Siena Medical Center Smithtown , New York Some Parasitic Diseases Actually Require Long Term Antiparasitic Therapy Spirochetes are Parasites Therapy for Spirochetal parasites should be Customized by the Physician to Eliminate The Parasitic Spirochetal Infestation Module #1 Examples of Spirochetes INSIDE of Living cells Preface “Members of the Genus Borrelia display one of the most unusual genome structures in the bacterial world, if not in creation” Dr George Chaconas Professor and Canadian Research Chair in the Molecular Biology of Lyme Disease University of Calgary, Canada Miklossy Rat Neuron Miklossy Rat Neuron Livengood and Gilmore Human Nerve cells Livengood and Gilmore Human Nerve cells Livengood and Gilmore Human Nerve cells