Parallelisms and Contrasts in the Diverse Ecologies of the Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi Complexes of Bacteria in the Far Western United States. [PDF]
, 2016 Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi are two tick-borne bacteria that cause disease in people and animals. For each of these bacteria, there is a complex of closely related genospecies and/or strains that are genetically distinct and have ...
Foley, Janet, Stephenson, Nicole
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Lyme Disease Biobank: 10 years of 3 month follow-up visits from 2014 to 2023
Frontiers in MedicineIntroductionLyme Disease Biobank (LDB) enrolls participants with signs and symptoms of early Lyme disease (LD) from endemic areas and makes samples available to researchers developing more accurate diagnostics. From 2014 to 23, 466 cases and 367 controls
Elizabeth J. Horn +7 more
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Lyme Disease in Fairfield County, Connecticut: The Need to Know [PDF]
, 2019 There has been a steady rise in number of cases reported of Lyme disease in the past 25 years. In fact, it is the 7th most common reportable infectious disease in US with an estimated over 300,000 people diagnosed and treated each year. The total medical
Chen, Jack
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Blocking pathogen transmission at the source: reservoir targeted OspA-based vaccines against Borrelia burgdorferi [PDF]
, 2014 Control strategies are especially challenging for microbial diseases caused by pathogens that persist in wildlife reservoirs and use arthropod vectors to cycle amongst those species. One of the most relevant illnesses that pose a direct human health risk
Maria Gomes-Solecki
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Smart REASSURED Sensors via Machine‐Augmented Printable On‐Paper Arrays
Advanced Sensor Research, EarlyView.This perspective highlights the emerging role of pattern‐recognition, printable on‐paper sensor arrays for intelligent PoC diagnostics. It discusses how paper's inherent limitations can be overcome through surface modification and scalable printing, and how machine‐learning analysis of cross‐reactive arrays enables multiplexed, low‐cost, and REASSURED ...
Naimeh Naseri, Saba Ranjbar
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, 2015 When asked to think of headlining diseases, many would choose bubonic plague, smallpox, Ebola, or leprosy. However, Lyme disease makes up for more confirmed diagnostic cases in the United States than all the aforementioned diseases combined.
Beal, Marin Olson
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AI‐Assisted Bioelectronics for Personalized Health Management
Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI)‐assisted bioelectronics, including materials, device fabrication, working mechanisms, AI‐hardware integration, and proof‐of‐concept applications in digital health management, are summarized. The emergence of AI‐assisted bioelectronic systems and potential solutions to existing challenges are discussed ...
Huiwen Xiong +6 more
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Epidemiology and risk factors of Lyme disease in Taiwan from 2007 to 2020
Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023 Background: Lyme disease or Lyme borreliosis is the most commonly transmitted tick-borne infection in the United States and among the most frequently diagnosed tick-borne infections worldwide. Lyme disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi.
Chi-Jeng Hsieh +5 more
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Education on Tickborne Diseases and Prevention Strategies [PDF]
, 2017 Research suggests that around 300,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year and that around one billion dollars is spent on healthcare for Lyme disease alone.
Bernard, Christopher
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The Borrelia afzelii outer membrane protein BAPKO_0422 binds human Factor-H and is predicted to form a membrane-spanning beta-barrel [PDF]
, 2015 The deep evolutionary history of the Spirochetes places their branch point early in the evolution of the diderms, before the divergence of the present day Proteobacteria.
Adam Dyer +76 more
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