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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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Infection and ImmunityCurrently, most tools utilized in host-pathogen interaction studies depend on the use of human or mouse (Mus musculus) cells and tissues. While these species have led to countless breakthroughs in our understanding of infectious disease, there are ...
Christopher C. Wells +6 more
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Spirochetal Lipoproteins and Immune Evasion. [PDF]
, 2017 Spirochetes are a major threat to public health. However, the exact pathogenesis of spirochetal diseases remains unclear. Spirochetes express lipoproteins that often determine the cross talk between the host and spirochetes.
Boyadjian, Ani +2 more
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Common Neurologic Features of Lyme Disease That May Present to a Rheumatologist
Pathogens, 2023 Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) infection, has a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations and severity. Patients with possible Lyme disease may seek out or be referred to rheumatologists.
Swati Govil +5 more
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The impact of Pandemic COVID-19 on cases of Borreliosis infection in 2020
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2021 Borreliosis (Lyme borreliosis; Lyme disease) is a zoonotic disease caused by spirochetes from the genus Borrelia. In humans, the accidental host of ticks, the infection is transmitted by the bite of the tick - the spirochetes are present in the salivary
Karolina Rogulska +2 more
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Borrelia burgdorferi Manipulates Innate and Adaptive Immunity to Establish Persistence in Rodent Reservoir Hosts. [PDF]
, 2017 Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species complex is capable of establishing persistent infections in a wide variety of species, particularly rodents. Infection is asymptomatic or mild in most reservoir host species, indicating successful co-evolution of ...
Baumgarth, Nicole, Tracy, Karen E
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Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyCurrent laboratory testing for Lyme disease (LD) relies on serology. We evaluated the performance of standard two-tiered testing (STTT) and modified two-tiered testing (MTTT) algorithms using samples obtained from well-characterized patients with early ...
Elizabeth J. Horn +8 more
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Cases of Lyme Disease Appear to Follow Periodic Cycles Linked to Geography [PDF]
, 2018 We are studying the spread of Lyme disease through Wisconsin. It is important because the number of people diagnosed with Lyme Disease in the US is around 300,000, annually (CDC 2017). The CDC has collected data of reported Lyme Disease
Marshall, Jeremy, Van Pelt, Nicholas
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Immunoblot analysis of the seroreactivity to recombinant Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato antigens, including VlsE, in the long-term course of treated patients with Erythema migrans [PDF]
, 2008 Objective: We evaluated whether immunoblotting is capable of substantiating the posttreatment clinical assessment of patients with erythema migrans ( EM), the hallmark of early Lyme borreliosis.
Aguero-Rosenfeld ME +57 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Spinal cord infarction (SCI) is a rare but devastating myelopathy, characterized by a high disability rate and an unfavorable prognosis. It has often been underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed as idiopathic transverse myelitis (ITM). This study aimed to describe the clinical features, radiological biomarkers, treatments, and functional ...
Zeqiang Ji +13 more
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