Primary Sources Burgdorfer, Willy. Discovery of the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia Burgdorferi: A Chronological Summary of Events. Print. This is Dr. Burgdorfer s own timeline, explaining the events that caused him to identify Lyme. Burgdorfer, Willy. "From Erythema migraines to Lyme disease: Who When What? Borreliosis Symposium, Minneapolis, Minnesota.. 23 Oct. 1992. Lecture. This is the presentation Willy gave in order to convince them to make Lyme disease an official disease. Burgdorfer, Willy. "Willy's Story." Willy Burgdorfer Notes on how he identified Lyme. Lecture. This is his research, which is required in order to identify a disease. "Hamilton Scientist Who Discovered Cause of Lyme Disease Dies." Missoulian.com. N.p., 19 Nov. 2014. Web. 28 Jan. 2015. <http://missoulian.com/news/state and regional/hamilton scientist who discovered ca use of lyme disease dies/article_316c29ef f953 5647 8ac2 d005d49ba9be.html http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la me willy burgdorfer 20141121 story.html >.
This website was an obituary for Willy Burgdorfer. It helped with our website because we found out what Dr. Burgdorfer's life was like. "Lyme Discoverer Willy Burgdorfer Breaks Silence On Heated Controversy." Published Interview. This was an interview of Willy Burgdorfer; it had some amazing questions answered, about things that had never been out to the public before. Lindorf, Ron. "Interview with Ron Lindorf." Personal interview. 25 Jan. 2015. We interviewed a man who is on the lymedisease.org board and on the board of the Utah Chapter Lyme disease support group. He talked about his visit with Willy Burgdorfer, about receiving Doctor Burgdorfer s personal papers, in order to house them in a university library, and about his family's personal journey of battling Lyme. Lindorf, Ron. Willy and Ron. 2014. N.p. This is a photograph of Willy Burgdorfer, and Ron Lindorf just months before Willy died. Moore, Judi. "Interview with Doctor Judi Moore." E mail interview. 28 Jan. 2015. We interviewed Doctor Judi Moore. She is one of the few doctors who openly admits that she will treat Lyme disease. We performed our interview over email, and got very important answers that were amazing to show a Doctor's point of view on this controversy. Murray, Polly. The Widening Circle: A Lyme Disease Pioneer Tells Her Story. New York: St. Martin's, 1996. Print.
This book was about Polly Murray who was one of the first mom's to call the Connecticut State Board of Health, and her struggles on discovering what her and her family had. Personal Communication. 10 1979. This is a letter written to Willy Burgdorfer, and was shipped over to him with a batch of Lyme infected ticks. It was amazing to learn how they shipped them in air mail, with nothing protecting them. Personal Communication. 4 1982. This is a handwritten letter mailed to Dr. Steere from Willy Burgdorfer. It was mailed with rabbit serum, to be tested and changed. Yardley, William. "Willy Burgdorfer, Who Found Bacteria That Cause Lyme Disease, Is Dead at 89." The New York Times. The New York Times, 19 Nov. 2014. Web. 19 Jan. 2015. <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/20/health/willy burgdorfer who found bacteria tha t cause lyme disease is dead at 89.html?_r=0>. This site gives you a nice obituary about Dr. Willy Burgdorfer, and a picture of him. Secondary Sources "American Lyme Disease Foundation, Inc." American Lyme Disease Foundation. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2015. <http://www.aldf.com/deertickecology.shtml>.
This website gives you information on the tick cycle and what a tick is. Also gives an image of the tick's cycle. It helps with our website because you understand what ticks are like. "Borrelia Burgdorferi NEU2011." MicrobeWiki. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Jan. 2015. <https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/borrelia_burgdorferi_neu2011>. This website gives you information on Borrelia Burgdorferi. It helped with our website because it also had an image of the structure of Borrelia Burgdorferi, which we used. "But You Don't Look Sick..." My Journey Fighting Lyme Disease. N.p., 11 June 2014. Web. 27 Jan. 2015. <https://lymegirlfighter.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/but you dont look sick/>. This source was a personal website about someone fighting with Lyme disease. It also gave a great picture. This helps with our website because I know what people fighting Lyme are going through. "CDC: Lyme Disease Rates 10 times Higher than Previously Reported." CBS News. N.p., 19 Aug. 2013. Web. 15 Jan. 2015. <http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc lyme disease rates 10 times higher than previou sly reported/>. This is an extremely important article explaining how the CDC reported that the Lyme disease rates were completely wrong. This helped with our website because we learned how many actual annual cases of Lyme disease there were. "Dr. Burgdorfer Identified Lyme Cause, Dies." Dr. Burgdorfer Identified Lyme Cause, Dies. Lyme Disease Association, 18 Nov. 2014. Web. 19 Jan. 2015.
<http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/index.php/lda news a updates/1286 dr burgd orfer identified lyme cause dies>. This source told how tens of thousands of people value Dr. Burgdorfer's work. It also gives an image of Dr. Burgdorfer and the first annual Lyme Disease Association's Lyme Disease and Other Spirochetal and Tick Borne Diseases, at Bard College in 1999. This website helps with our project because it also tells of his legacy. "Dr. Jones Pediatric Specialist on Lyme Disease." Childrens Lyme Disease Network. N.p., 02 May 2012. Web. 27 Jan. 2015. <http://www.childrenslymenetwork.org/jones/>. This website focuses mainly on the children with Lyme disease. We used it to gain knowledge about how to treat Lyme, and learn about Dr. Jones, a Dr. who treats Lyme. This website helps with our project because it tells you about how doctors who treat Lyme disease get sent to court for treating it. "Dr. Wilhelm 'Willy' Burgdorfer Ph.D., Honorary M.D." Ravalli Republic. N.p., 19 Nov. 2014. Web. 13 Jan. 2015. <http://ravallirepublic.com/news/local/obituaries/article_b3df0fea 7058 11e4 99d6 07 039cc768d3.html>. This source gave you a good background on Burgdorfer's life. Also gave a picture of Dr. Burgdorfer at work. "Healthy Carroll County." Healthy Carroll County. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2015. <http://healthycarrollcounty.org/>. This site told how to prepare for tick season. We used an image from this site it showed steps on how to prevent being bit from a deer tick.
Heitz, David. "No, You Do Not Have Chronic Lyme Disease." Healthlines RSS News. N.p., 15 Sept. 2014. Web. 28 Jan. 2015. <http://www.healthline.com/health news/you do not have chronic lyme disease 0915 14>. This was an article explaining that specialists are now saying, Chronic Lyme disease does not exist. "History of Lyme Disease Bay Area Lyme Foundation." Bay Area Lyme Foundation. Bay Area Lyme Foundation, n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2015. <http://www.bayarealyme.org/about lyme/history lyme disease/>. This site tells you about how Lyme disease has been around for thousands of years but wasn't officially classified until 1981. "It's Spring Time to Prevent Lyme Disease." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 05 May 2014. Web. 29 Jan. 2015. <http://www.cdc.gov/features/lymedisease/>. This source tells you about how to prevent getting Lyme disease. Also gave an image it was a caution sign saying Tick Season Ahead. This helped with our website because we used the picture on our prevention tab. Jacobs, Steve. "Lyme Disease." Entomology (Penn State University). N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2015. <http://ento.psu.edu/extension/urban/lyme disease>. Tells you about how Doctors diagnose Lyme Disease. Landau, Elaine. Lyme Disease. New York: F. Watts, 1990. Print.
This book gives you great information about how the people in Lyme Connecticut were diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis, but then researchers knew it couldn't be that, because it is very rare and tons of people were being diagnosed with it. So then the research began to find out what the mysterious disease was. Leland, Dorothy K. "TOUCHED BY LYME." LymeDiseaseorg. N.p., 12 Jan. 2014. Web. 26 Jan. 2015. <http://lymedisease.org/news/touchedbylyme/burgdorfer gratitude.html>. This site gives you a little information about who Dr. Burgdorfer is and notes of gratitude for him from people all across America. This website helps with our project by letting you know what real people with Lyme disease feel about him and his legacy. "Life Cycle of Hard Ticks That Spread Disease." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 03 Feb. 2014. Web. 21 Jan. 2015. <http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/life_cycle_and_hosts.html>. This website tells you about the life cycle of a deer tick. "Lyme Disease An Overview." Jemsek Specialty Clinic. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2015. <http%3a%2f%2fwww.jemsekspecialty.com%2flyme_overview.php>. This source tells you how to understand Lyme disease. "Lyme Disease Awareness Month." Pain.com. N.p., 9 May 2011. Web. 27 Jan. 2015. <http://pain.com/archives/2011/05/10 lyme disease awareness month/>. We used an image from this website, but we also gained knowledge from it. It explained about May, which is Lyme disease awareness month. It helps with our website because it gave a great picture that we used on our prevention tab.
"Lyme Disease." Finding the Cause of, NIAID, NIH. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Jan. 2015. <http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/lymedisease/research/pages/cause.aspx>. This website said how Dr. Burgdorfer came upon researching Lyme disease because before that he was researching Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Also has a great picture of Dr. Burgdorfer inoculating ticks in 1954. "Lyme Disease." KidsHealth. Ed. Joseph. The Nemours Foundation, 01 July 2013. Web. 21 Jan. 2015. <http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/skin_rashes/lyme_disease.html#>. This source gives good information on how to prevent getting bit by a deer tick and how to remove ticks from your body. "Lyme Disease." Lyme Disease. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Jan. 2015. <http://textbookofbacteriology.net/lyme.html>. This source gives you information about how to understand Borrelia Burgdorferi. This website also gives two images of Borrelia Burgdorferi. This helped with our website because it helps you understand what Borrelia Burgdorferi really is. "Lyme Disease." Lyme Disease (tick borne Borreliosis, Lyme Arthritis). N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Jan. 2015. <https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/lyme/fact_sheet.htm>. This website tells you information on how Lyme is transmitted, how to prevent it, how to treat it, and what the symptoms are. Also gives a good informational picture on how to get a tick out of your skin. "Lyme Disease." Mayo Clinic. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Jan. 2015. <http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases conditions/lyme disease/basics/prevention/con 2 0019701>.
This website tells you about how to treat Lyme disease and how to prevent from getting it. This source helped with our website because it gives you good ideas on how to try to prevent getting Lyme disease. "Lyme Disease Symptoms and Treatment." WebMD. WebMD, n.d. Web. 21 Jan. 2015. <http://www.webmd.com/rheumatoid arthritis/arthritis lyme disease>. This source talks about the tiny bacterium (Borrelia Burgdorferi or commonly known as deer ticks) that causes Lyme disease and how it is transmitted. "Massachusetts General Hospital." Lyme Arthritis Program. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2015. <http://www.massgeneral.org/rheumatology/services/treatmentprograms.aspx?id=155 1>. This website had good information and pictures of the spirochetes. It had microscopic pictures of the Borrelia Burgdorferi. The pictures helped us imagine what Willy Burgdorfer was able to discover. McAllister, Jill. "The FACES of LYME Disease." Facebook. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2015. <https://www.facebook.com/facesoflymedisease>. This is a facebook support page for those suffering with Lyme disease. It had amazing pictures, with the survivor s stories written on them. This helped with our website because we used most of the pictures to gather information for our bar chart. Peterson, Judy Monroe. Lyme Disease. Mankato, MN: LifeMatters, 2001. Print. This book tells you about symptoms of Lyme disease, how to prevent it, treatment for the disease how doctors diagnose it, and how people get Lyme disease.
"'Real Housewives' Star Posts Blog About Her Struggles With Lyme Disease." Abc News. N.p., 19 Jan. 2015. Web. 21 Jan. 2015. <http://abcnews.go.com/gma/video/real housewives star posts blog struggles lymedisease 28344565>. This newscast showed the struggles of having Lyme disease, even as a celebrity. This helps with our website because we know what people with Lyme disease struggle with. Thomas, Eve. "Doctor Willy Burgdorfer: Researcher Acclaimed round the World for His Discovery of the Micro organism That Transmits Lyme Disease." The Independent. Independent Digital News and Media, 27 Nov. 2014. Web. 26 Jan. 2015. <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/doctor willy burgdorfer researcher ac claimed round the world for his discovery of the microorganism that transmits lyme disease 9885739.html>. This source gives you a short biography on Willy. This website was important to our website because it helps you to understand Doctor Burgdorfer's legacy. "The War Within: My Battle With Lyme Disease." The War Within My Battle With Lyme Disease. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2015. <https://thewarwithinmybattlewithlymes.wordpress.com/>. This is a blog of an infected Lyme patient; it showed her struggles of treating it. It helps with our website because we know how a real life person deals with her struggles.
Under Our Skin. Dir. Andy A. Wilson. Perf. Mandy Hughes, Dana Walsh, Jordan Fisher Smith, Elise Brady Moe, Alan MacDonald, Ben Petrick, Jared Shea, Marlena Connors, Joseph Jemsek, Charles Ray Jones. Open Eye Pictures, 2008. Documentary. This helps you understand what Lyme disease really does to you and how awful it really is. It also tells you about personal Lyme patient s experiences and how they had a hard time getting a doctor to diagnose them. Weintraub, Pamela. Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic. New York: St. Martin's, 2008. Print. This book gives amazing true facts about Lyme disease. It shows the struggle of real people and how hard it is to get doctors to listen to them. Weitzman, Elizabeth. Let's Talk about Having Lyme Disease. New York: PowerKids, 1997. Print. This source gives you a general overview of what the signs of Lyme disease are.