Tag Archives: Chlamydia
The study suggests the coronavirus mutated in Italy, which led to an increased viral load and increased transmissibility, but did not increase the virulence. Italy has a high number of elderly people, who are more like to have chronic underlying infections; and a high rate of rare diseases, which are likely caused by common intracellular pathogens, such as psittacosis, trachoma, or strep. Italians are at higher risk of chronic psittacosis from contact with infected birds; and are also impacted by…..
Every pandemic in history has had the greatest impact on poor and marginalized communities, going back to the Black Death—communities deprived of adequate nutrition, healthcare, and safe housing; and most likely to have chronic underlying conditions. Viral and bacterial co-infection can lead to more severe disease. Patients with chronic chlamydia pneumonia can develop heart problems; patients with chronic strep or other types of chlamydia can develop kidney problems. Influenza patients can develop a stroke months after acute influenza has resolved……
Influenza pandemics have ravaged society over centuries, as each new form of influenza-A bird flu evolved. Many influenza-A pandemics have occurred at or around the time of other disease outbreaks. The first pandemics in the age of microbiology were in 1889-1880 and 1898-1900. The pandemic of 1889-1880, referred to as the Russian or Asiatic flu, came in 3 waves, and is estimated to have killed more than a million people. Scientists attempted to identify the cause of the pandemics retrospectively,…..
The cell uses a positive charge to bring oxygen and sugar across the cell wall membrane, to bring oxygen and energy to the cell. Chlamydia reverses the charge of the cell wall, from positive to negative; consumes ATP energy made by the cell; and when ATP is depleted, consumes sugar, leading to fermentation. We offer some thoughts about co-infection with chronic intracellular bacteria and acute intracellular viruses: Could a change in the charge in the cell wall, from positive…..
Scientists debate whether viruses are alive. A single-stranded RNA virus is a string of dead proteins surrounded by a membrane, with abnormal proteins attached to the surface of the viral membrane to facilitate invasion of a cell. A virus replicates by division, inside a cell, using the energy of the host cell—thus, cannot be killed—it can only be neutralized or reach a dead end in replication with time, treatment, or vaccines. Host cells can be normal cells or other…..
From the published genomic analysis, two types of coronavirus are circulating in the population—type S and type L. Type S is the older strain, and the dominant strain of coronavirus in Washington State and on the West Coast. Type L is newer and more transmissible strain; and is the dominant type of coronavirus in Italy, New York City, and Brazil. Researchers have not determined if the strain impacts severity and mortality, but have shown type L induces a higher viral…..
Check out the interview of Nikki Schultek, founder of of the Intracell Research Group, on infection and Alzheimer’s disease. Their website shares scientific articles on chronic infection as a cause of chronic disease, and four of their board members were cited in our book. We added a link to their webpage on our FB page because of their important work and advocacy; and their readily available resources supporting infectious causes of chronic disease. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=sshare&v=W3ICLHkykDg&app=desktop
Viruses and chlamydia species are intracellular parasites, which are difficult to treat when hidden inside a cell or pathogen. The covid-19 pandemic has the potential to generate discoveries, and provide better and more efficient methods to diagnose pathogens. It could lead to new antiviral medications against many types of viruses; better understanding of the role of co-infections (bacterial/bacteria or bacterial/viral); and lead to greater research into infectious causes of chronic disease, to determine best practices for treatment and avoiding antibiotic…..
Chlamydia psittacosis is an intracellular bird pathogen, which can be transmitted to other animal species and to humans. Psittacosis can host bird viruses, and which can trigger evolution of both the psittacosis and the viruses. Psittacosis has a remarkably similar presentation and clinical findings to covid-19. Psittacosis can become psittacosis pneumonia, which also has similar clinical and x-ray findings to severe and fatal cases of covid-19. In Feb. 2020, Sweden recently reported an outbreak of dozens of cases of psittacosis;…..
In 1898, Friedrich Loeffler and Paul Frosh found evidence that livestock foot-and-mouth disease was caused by an infectious particle, smaller than a bacterium; which was the first clue to viruses. Viruses are acellular, meaning lacking a cell wall. Some viruses have a protein coat or “capsid”, some have a membrane on the surface, and some are enclosed in an envelope of fat and protein molecules, which protect the virus from the immune system. (Covid-19 is enclosed in fat and protein…..