Chapter 10 Endnotes for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease: The Infection Connection

   Conclusions

1)      http://www.lymebook.com/cell-wall-deficient-forms-mattman

2)      Marjorie Tietjen. “ALS Caused by Lyme Disease with Babesia Co-infection.” (2009) http://www.wellsphere.com/lyme-disease-article/als-caused-by-lyme-disease-with-babesia-co-infection/733679

3)      http://www.essortment.com/insect-borne-human-diseases-22034.html

4)      Cell Host Microbe. 2011 Oct 4; 10(4): 287-91Program description at http://commonfund.nih.gov/hmp/

5)      Michael Belkin. “Shoot First and Ask Questions Later.” (2000) Online at http://www.whale.to/v/belkin.html

6)      Vaccine Safety Manual, with more than 1,000 studies. Online at http://www.thinktwice.com/hepb.htm (2011)

7)      http://notaids.com/en/morehepb (2007)

8)      http://www.ra-infection-connection.com/cancermicrobestable.htm

9)      http://legaljustice4john.com/babyAlanAutopsyKalokerinos.htm

10)   http://www.ra-infection-connection.com/VaccineVsClaims89-11.pdf

11)   http://www.ra-infection-connection.com/vaccinesplusmd.htm

12)   http://www.ra-infection-connection.com/KalokerinosAA-VaccinesRefs.htm

13)   http://www.ra-infection-connection.com/Chvaccines.htm

14)   William of Occam (ca. 1282–1340) stated: “The assumptions introduced to explain a thing must not be multiplied beyond necessity.”

15)   http://www.functionalmedicine.org

16)   Brown and Scammell (1988), p. 202.

17)   See www.intmed.mcw.edu/drug/InfectionRx.html.

18)   http://www.chronicneurotoxins.com/

19)   See any of Dr. Shoemaker’s excellent books in the Bibliography.

20)   http://mpkb.org/

21)   See www.thearthritiscenter.org for protocols.

22)   Sethi. S. “Infection as a Comorbidity of COPD.”ERJ June 1, 2010 vol. 35 no. 6 1209-1215. Online at http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/35/6/1209.full

23)   http://www.ra-infection-connection.com/diseasesawmicrobes.htm

24)   Source: American Association for the Advancement of Science analyses of R&D in AAAS Reports VIII-XXCI.

25)   Source: www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget (2010)

26)   www.bhia.org/arthritis.htm.

27)   www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/us.htm. (2008)

28)   For a disheartening history of misdirected arthritis research in the United States, see Clark (1997) Ch. 5.

29)   www.niams.nih.gov/about_us/budget/10_budget_detail.asp (2010)

30)   See www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/biodefenserelated/Pages/default.aspx for details on NIAID’s biodefense and related programs. (2009)

31)   www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/overview/index.htm (2008)

32)   First hand observations by the authors and discussions with pharmacists in Mexico, Central America, Canada, the UK, and Europe.

33)   http://www.doctoryourself.com/titration.html

34)   http://www.ra-infection-connection.com/vaccinesplusmd.htm

35)   http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/08/13/secrets-of-the-fda-revealed-by-top-insider-doctor.aspx

36)   http://www.walmart.com/cp/Walmart-Clinics/1078904

37)   http://deathbyvaccination.com/

38)   An example of fuzzy, non-scientific, opinionated but influential thinking: http://nutwoodjunction.blogspot.com/2011/12/infection-connection-double-shot.html

39)   http://www.nvic.org/vaccines-and-diseases/Hepatitis-B/michaelbelkin.aspx

40)   Source: Arthritis Foundation 2010 Annual Report. Online at http://www.arthritis.org/AF-annual-report.php

41)   Dr. Frederick R. Klenner, M.D. “Observations on the Dose and Administration of Ascorbic Acid When Employed Beyond the Range of a Vitamin in Human Pathology.’ Journal of Applied Nutrition Vol. 23, No's 3 & 4, Winter 1971. Online at http://www.nutri.com/wn/klenner.html

42)   Clark (1997) p. 40.

43)   See also www.rheumatic.org, www.roadback.org, www.arthritistrust.org, and www.shasta.com

44)   E.g., www.uams.edu/physician_directory  is useful. See also www.miningco.org, which provides links to over 700 arthritis-related websites.

45)   www.roadback.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/studies.sub/subgroup_ID/13.html

 

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