Locally acquired Lyme disease was found in Australia in 1992, so why wasn't this research ever followed up? In reference to the ABC’s 7:30 Report, Dr Wills told us that the ABC was faced with legal action initiated by the competing research group over the airing of their story. She alludes that this became a major issue based on hurt scientific ego. When asked about her opinion of the controversy surrounding her own research and its dismissal by other researchers, Dr Wills notes that after her thesis was submitted, all funding and interest in the science of Lyme disease was halted. She asserts that there was likely significant embarrassment in that a small, minimally funded, research group could find spirochaetes when a large lab with considerably more resources and official government funding could not. Click on the attachment to read more. We would love to hear your thoughts! http://www.lymedisease.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sub528ss2_LDAA_v2.pdf