The Early Dissemination Defect Attributed to Disruption of Decorin-Binding Proteins Is Abolished in Chronic Murine Lyme Borreliosis

doi: 10.1128/IAI.01359-12 Infect. Immun. May 2013 vol. 81 no. 5 1663-1673 Denise M. Imaia, D. Scott Samuelsb, Sunlian Fenga, Emir Hodzica, Kim Olsena and Stephen W.... View Article

New study to discover preventive use of antibiotics for Lyme disease

At the start of the “Tick Week”, the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and Wageningen... View Article

Motility is crucial for the infectious life cycle of Bb

Sultan SZ, Manne A, Stewart PE, Bestor A, Rosa PA, Charon NW, Motaleb MA. Infection and Immunity, online before print,... View Article

Improved Culture Conditions for the Growth and Detection of Borrelia from Human Serum

Eva Sapi1,2, Namrata Pabbati1, Akshita Datar1, Ellen M Davies1, Amy Rattelle1, Bruce A Kuo1 1. Research Division of Advanced Laboratory... View Article

Quirky Lyme Disease Bacteria: Unlike Most Organisms, They Don’t Need Iron, but Crave Manganese

Mar. 21, 2013 — Scientists have confirmed that the pathogen that causes Lyme Disease — unlike any other known organism... View Article

Biodiversity Does Not Reduce Transmission of Disease from Animals to Humans, Researchers Find

Mar. 20, 2013 — More than three quarters of new, emerging or re-emerging human diseases are caused by pathogens from... View Article

The Neuropsychiatric Assessment of Lyme Disease

Objective: A structured clinical interview is proposed to assist in the overall clinical assessment when late state Lyme disease is... View Article

Serologic Evidence for Borrelia hermsii Infection in Rodents on Federally Owned Recreational Areas in California.

Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2013 Mar 14. [Epub ahead of print] Fritz CL, Payne JR, Schwan TG. Source 1... View Article

Detection of human bacterial pathogens in ticks collected from Louisiana black bears (Ursus americanus luteolus).

Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2013 Apr;4(3):191-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.12.002. Epub 2013 Feb 15. Leydet BF Jr, Liang FT. Source Department of... View Article

The Many Faces of Solitary and Multiple Erythema Migrans

DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1549 Abstract: Case definitions for European Lyme disease have been published. However, multiple erythema migrans may pose a diagnostic... View Article

New tick-borne bacteria found in Shasta County [California]

Black-legged ticks are already notorious bad guys known for spreading Lyme disease. Now the nasty little creatures are making people... View Article

Ability to cause erythema migrans differs between Borrelia

Authors: Tijsse-Klasen E, Pandak N, Hengeveld P, Takumi K, Koopmans MP and Sprong H Citation: Parasit Vectors 2013(Jan); 6(1): 23.... View Article

Lyme disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and inflamation – the relationship

For several years now it has been known that spirochetal bacteria have been identified in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients... View Article

Investigation of Genotypes of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected during Surveillance in Canada

Ogden, et al Abstract The genetic diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, the agent of Lyme disease in North America,... View Article

Scientists find new tick-borne disease [Borrelia miyamotoi]

N Engl J Med 2013; 368:291-293January 17, 2013DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1215469 To the Editor: Borrelia miyamotoi, a spirochete that is genetically related... View Article

Transovarial transmission of Borrelia spirochetes by Ixodes scapularis: A summary of the literature and recent observations.

Rollend L, Fish D, Childs JE. Yale School of Public Health, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8034, USA. Electronic... View Article

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