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Antiphospholipid antibodies in acute and post-treatment Lyme disease [PDF]
Infection and ImmunityAcute Lyme disease is caused by a Borrelia infection and typically responds to antibiotic treatment, but post-infectious chronic symptoms are common. The precise origin of these post-treatment symptoms is unknown; dysregulation of immune responses raised
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Health care costs, utilization and patterns of care following Lyme disease.
PLoS ONE, 2015 BackgroundLyme disease is the most frequently reported vector borne infection in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control have estimated that approximately 10% to 20% of individuals may experience Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome - a set of
Emily R Adrion +3 more
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Pilot study of psilocybin in patients with post-treatment lyme disease [PDF]
Scientific ReportsLyme disease, caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States and Europe. Although antibiotics effectively treat most cases, an estimated 10–20% of patients develop post-treatment Lyme disease ...
Albert Garcia-Romeu +9 more
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Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 1990 We now have more than 30 years of solid, scientific research about Lyme disease, a relatively common, vector-borne illness in parts of the United States and of Europe. Although there is still widespread misunderstanding of and misinformation about the disease among the lay public, its clinical manifestations as well as how to diagnose and to treat it ...
Dale R, Hamilton, John W, Bachman
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Microorganisms, 2023 Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death in women worldwide. Recent studies have demonstrated that inflammation due to infections with microorganisms could play a role in breast cancer development.
Ananya Debbarma +4 more
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Effect of Invasion of Borrelia burgdorferi in Normal and Neoplastic Mammary Epithelial Cells
Antibiotics, 2021 Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme Disease, is known to be able to disseminate and colonize various organs and tissues of its hosts, which is very crucial for its pathogenicity and survival.
Gauri Gaur +6 more
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Lyme Disease in the Era of COVID-19: A Delayed Diagnosis and Risk for Complications
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2021 We describe a patient with fever and myalgia who did not have COVID-19 but instead had Lyme disease. We propose that the co-occurrence of COVID-19 and Lyme disease during the spring of 2020 resulted in a delayed diagnosis of Lyme disease due to COVID-19 ...
Cheryl B. Novak +2 more
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Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, 2010 Lyme disease, caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. The clinical presentation varies depending on the stage of the illness: early disease includes erthyma migrans, early disseminated disease includes multiple erythema migrans, meningitis, cranial nerve palsies, and carditis; late ...
Thomas S, Murray, Eugene D, Shapiro
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PLoS ONE, 2021 BackgroundLyme carditis, defined as direct infection of cardiac tissue by Borrelia bacteria, affects up to 10% of patients with Lyme disease. The most frequently reported clinical manifestation of Lyme carditis is cardiac conduction system disease.
Uwajachukwumma A Uzomah +9 more
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The Platelet Fraction Is a Novel Reservoir to Detect Lyme Borrelia in Blood
Biology, 2020 Serological diagnosis of Lyme disease suffers from considerable limitations. Yet, the technique cannot currently be replaced by direct detection methods, such as bacterial culture or molecular analysis, due to their inadequate sensitivity.
Victoria P. Sanderson +4 more
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