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• The biological and social phenomenon of Lyme disease

  Authors:Alan G. Barbour and Durland FishFrom:Science (Vol. 260, Issue 5114) Peer-Reviewed

  June 11, 19938,178 words Article Lyme disease, unknown in the United States two decades ago, is now the most common arthropod-borne disease in the country and has caused considerable morbidity in several suburban and rural areas. The emergence of this...

• Phylogeography of Borrelia spirochetes in Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes spinipalpis ticks highlights differential acarological risk of tick-borne disease transmission in northern versus southern California.

  Authors:Ian Rose, Melissa Hardstone Yoshimizu, Denise L. Bonilla, Natalia Fedorova, Robert S. Lane, and Kerry A. PadgettFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 4, 20195,713 words Report 1490LThe common human-biting tick, Ixodes pacificus, is the primary vector of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (ss) in western North America and has been found to harbor other closely-related...

• Transcriptomic insights on the virulence-controlling CsrA, BadR, RpoN, and RpoS regulatory networks in the Lyme disease spirochete

  Authors:William K. Arnold, Christina R. Savage, Kathryn G. Lethbridge, Trever C. Smith, Catherine A. Brissette, Janakiram Seshu, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 30, 201812,922 words Report 1510LBorrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, survives in nature through a cycle that alternates between ticks and vertebrates. To facilitate this defined lifestyle, B. burgdorferi has evolved a gene...

• Could co-infection with Anaplasma play a role in Borrelia-associated primary cutaneous marginal zone B-cell lymphomas?

  Authors:Serena Bonin, Giuseppe Stinco, Maria Patriarca, Sara Trevisini, Nicola Di Meo, and Giusto TrevisanFrom:Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology (Vol. 82, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-February 20161,286 words Clinical report 1530LByline: Serena. Bonin, Giuseppe. Stinco, Maria. Patriarca, Sara. Trevisini, Nicola. di Meo, Giusto. Trevisan Sir, Borrelia burgdorferi , the causative agent of Lyme disease, infects humans through Ixodes tick...

• Fluorescent membrane markers elucidate the association of Borrelia burgdorferi with tick cell lines

  Authors:R.C. Teixeira, B.A. Baeta, J.S. Ferreira, R.C. Medeiros, C.M. Maya-Monteiro, F.A. Lara, et al.From:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research (Vol. 49, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20164,560 words Report 1480LThis study aimed to describe the association of Borrelia burgdorferi s.s. with ixodid tick cell lines by flow cytometry and fluorescence and confocal microscopy. Spirochetes were stained with a fluorescent membrane...

• Wide distribution of a high-virulence Borrelia burgdorferi clone in Europe and North America

  Authors:Wei-Gang Qiu, John F. Bruno, William D. McCaig, Yun Xu, Ian Livey, Martin E. Schriefer, et al.From:Emerging Infectious Diseases (Vol. 14, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20084,974 words Article 1510LThe A and B clones of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, distinguished by outer surface protein C (ospC) gene sequences, are commonly associated with disseminated Lyme disease. To resolve phylogenetic relationships...

• Lyme disease in California: a novel enzootic transmission cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi

  Authors:Richard N. Brown and Robert S. LaneFrom:Science (Vol. 256, Issue 5062) Peer-Reviewed

  June 5, 19924,198 words Article Knowledge of zoonotic transmission cycles is essential for the development of effective strategies for disease prevention. The enzootiology of Lyme disease in California differs fundamentally from that reported from the...

• Comparative population genomics of the Borrelia burgdorferi species complex reveals high degree of genetic isolation among species and underscores benefits and constraints to studying intra-specific epidemiological processes

  Authors:Maude Jacquot, Mathieu Gonnet, Elisabeth Ferquel, David Abrial, Alexandre Claude, Patrick Gasqui, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 201414,484 words Report 1540LLyme borreliosis, one of the most frequently contracted zoonotic diseases in the Northern Hemisphere, is caused by bacteria belonging to different genetic groups within the Borrelia burgdorferi species complex, which...

• Assessment of MALDI-TOF MS biotyping for Borrelia burgdorferi sl detection in Ixodes ricinus

  Authors:Pierre H. Boyer, Nathalie Boulanger, Amira Nebbak, Elodie Collin, Benoit Jaulhac, and Lionel AlmerasFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 26, 20176,856 words Report 1500LMatrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has been demonstrated to be useful for tick identification at the species level. More recently, this tool has been successfully...

• Comparison of MKP and BSK-H media for the cultivation and isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato

  Authors:Eva Ruzic-Sabljic, Vera Maraspin, Dasa Stupica, Tereza Rojko, Petra Bogovic, Franc Strle, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 7, 20175,241 words Report 1360LThe isolation of B. burgdorferi sensu lato requires the use of complex cultivation media. The aim of the study was to compare the usefulness of BSK-H (a commercial medium produced by HiMedia, India) and MKP medium. MKP...

• Mob rule

  From:Nature (Vol. 454, Issue 7207) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 21, 2008147 words Brief article Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 105, 11754-11759 (2008) The crowding inherent within cells may affect not only protein movement and folding, but also shape, according to Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede at Rice University in...

• A Borrelia burgdorferi outer surface protein C (OspC) genotyping method using Luminex technology.

  Authors:Patrick Pearson, Olivia Skaltsis, Chu-Yuan Luo, Guang Xu, Zachary Oppler, Dustin Brisson, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 1, 20222,856 words Report 1390LBorrelia burgdorferi is an important tickborne human pathogen comprising several strains based on nucleotide sequence of the outer surface protein C (ospC) gene. Detection and characterization of different ospC genotypes...

• Intra-articular co-infection by Borrelia burgdorferi and Chlamydia trachomatis

  Authors:N Putschky, S Schnarr, J Wollenhaupt, H Zeidler, and J G KuipersFrom:Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (Vol. 60, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20011,787 words Article Abstract. Objective--Chlamydia trachomatis and Borrelia burgdorferi infections are frequently the cause of unexplained oligoarthritis, as shown by identification of bacteria specific DNA in joint material from...

• Lyme Disease: Active or Prior?

  From:Family Practice News (Vol. 30, Issue 1)

  Jan. 1, 2000124 words Brief article A determination of whether antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi are free antibodies or bound in immune complexes may aid in differentiating active from prior Lyme disease infections. Antibody complexes reflect active...

• Spirochetal 'debris' versus persistent infection in chronic Lyme disease: from semantics to science

  Authors:Raphael B Stricker and Lorraine JohnsonFrom:Future Microbiology (Vol. 7, Issue 11)

  Nov. 20122,644 words Report 1710LAuthor(s): Raphael B Stricker [*] 2 , Lorraine Johnson 1 Keywords * animal model; biofilm; Borrelia burgdorferi; cyst; Lyme disease Lyme disease is a highly controversial illness that features two opposing...

• Human coinfection with Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti in the united states

  Authors:Kristen L. Knapp and Nancy A. RiceFrom:Journal of Parasitology ResearchPeer-Reviewed

  Annual 20158,588 words Report 1600LBorrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, and Babesia microti, a causative agent of babesiosis, are increasingly implicated in the growing tick-borne disease burden in the northeastern United States....

• The Lyme disease bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, stimulates an inflammatory response in human choroid plexus epithelial cells

  Authors:Derick Thompson, Jordyn Sorenson, Jacob Greenmyer, Catherine A. Brissette, John A. Watt, and R. Mark WootenFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 9, 20209,803 words Report 1480LAuthor(s): Derick Thompson, Jordyn Sorenson, Jacob Greenmyer, Catherine A. Brissette, John A. Watt * Introduction Lyme disease, caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb ), is the most commonly reported...

• A systematic review on the impact of gestational Lyme disease in humans on the fetus and newborn

  Authors:Lisa A. Waddell, Judy Greig, L. Robbin Lindsay, Alison F. Hinckley, and Nicholas H. OgdenFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 12, 20189,242 words Report 1650LLyme disease (LD), caused by bacteria of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species complex, is the most common vector-borne disease in North America and Europe. A systematic review (SR) was conducted to summarize the...

• Low Rates of B. burgdorferi

  From:Family Practice News (Vol. 29, Issue 22)

  Nov. 15, 1999126 words Brief article Antibody testing for Borrelia burgdorferi should be done in areas of low prevalence only when the patient has evidence of exposure or clinical symptoms. Although Lyme disease is endemic in southeastern Pennsylvania,...

• Protection of mice against the Lyme disease agent by immunizing with recombinant OspA

  Authors:Erol Fikrig, Stephen W. Barthold, Fred S. Kantor, and Richard A. FlavellFrom:Science (Vol. 250, Issue 4980) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 26, 19902,750 words Article Lyme disease, a condition associated with joint, neurologic, cardiac and skin symptoms, is transmitted by the bite of Ixodes ticks; the agent that they carry and that causes the disease is Borrelia burgdorferi. A vaccine...