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Prolific but unfounded conspiracy theories have alleged that Lyme disease, first documented in nearby Lyme, Connecticut, was a biological weapon that originated in the Plum Island laboratory. [25] A discredited 2004 book entitled Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory fueled the conspiracy theories.
Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a tick-borne disease caused by species of Borrelia bacteria, transmitted by blood-feeding ticks in the genus Ixodes. [4] [9] [10] The most common sign of infection is an expanding red rash, known as erythema migrans (EM), which appears at the site of the tick bite about a week afterwards. [1]
Temperature may also play a role in Lyme disease incidence. Schauber et al. (2005) found a positive correlation between the mean summer temperature and the rate of Lyme disease in the northeastern United States. [12] Additionally, Subak (2003) suggests that there may also be a relationship between warmer winters and increased Lyme disease. [11]
Plum Island is the site of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC), which was established by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1954. The Island is also the site of the former U.S. military installation Fort Terry (c. 1897), and the historic Plum Island Light (c. 1869), and its automated replacement. [1]
Lyme, Connecticut, a town in southeastern Connecticut, the namesake of Lyme disease Old Lyme, Connecticut, a neighboring town; East Lyme, Connecticut, a neighboring town; Lyme, New Hampshire, a town in western New Hampshire; Lyme, New York, a town in New York along the Lake Ontario shoreline; Lyme Township, Huron County, Ohio, a small town in ...
Nov. 22—OLD LYME — White Sand Beach residents Harry Gough and Rich Lemieux say they have to get out a shovel every time it rains to keep the flooding at bay. Flooding happens because water in ...
Kelleys Island is both a village in Erie County, Ohio, and the island which it fully occupies in Lake Erie. The island has a total area of 4.41 square miles (11.42 km 2 ) and was formed by glacial action on limestone and dolomite .
I joined EMI in 1972 as a very junior member of their salesforce. EMI distributed Island at the time. I began work at Island on June 1, 1974, having been asked to become part of the Island sales team.