Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2007;56(12):4216-4225. Lyme disease in the U.S. is caused by a form of bacteria, the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, infecting humans by tick bites. It typically ...

Conclusions Our study using multiple detection methods confirms that MD is a true somatic illness associated with Borrelia spirochetes ... treatment for this spirochete-associated dermopathy.

Stevenson U Kentucky ($99,470 to Bates) 2019-2020 NIH R21 “Using Fluorescence Nanoscopy to Study RNA Localization in Borrelia burgdorferi, the Spirochete that Causes Lyme Disease” ($372,639 total) ...

The clinical trial for the potential vaccine, VLA15, began in August 2022. Stage 3 trials got underway in late 2023, ...

How to identify bug bites 1. Bees While bees make most people scream, thrash their arms, and run, the ‘lil buzzers aren’t ...

In the far western United States of America, Ixodes pacificus is the primary vector of several pathogens of public health and veterinary importance including the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia ...

European Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) is caused by the tick-borne spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb). LNB can manifest weeks or months after a tick bite that only half of the patients remember. The ...

Borrelia recurrentis (B. recurrentis) is a type of bacteria that can cause louse-born relapsing fever, or LBRF. B. recurrentis is one of three known bacteria transmitted by lice that were once ...

Lyme disease is caused by a spirochete – a corkscrew-shaped bacteria called Borrelia. It is thought to be the most complex bacteria known to man. Lyme has been described by scientists as a ...

When immunologists study infections, we often assume that the host's defence strategy involves mechanisms that directly attack the pathogen to block invasion or eliminate the invading microorganism.

Crosstalk between pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) expressed by dendritic cells orchestrates T helper (T H) cell differentiation through the induction of specific cytokine expression profiles ...