A genetic analysis of Lyme disease bacteria may pave the way for improved diagnosis, treatment and prevention of the tick-borne ailment.

Lyme disease is a complex condition with a long history of misdiagnosis, and Lyme arthritis, a late manifestation of the ...

For Sanger sequencing-based diagnosis of Lyme disease spirochetemia, the flaB gene with its paralogs is a more sensitive chromosomal target than the 16S rRNA gene aiming to detect a single ...

Because tick bites are hard to miss, and not everyone develops the characteristic bull’s eye rash, about 60 percent of those infected with Borrelia burgdorferi will progress to disseminated Lyme ...

Researchers have identified Borrelia mayonii as the second species of bacteria capable of transmitting Lyme disease to humans in North America, according to findings published in Lancet Infectious ...

Sanger Sequencing of Borrelia burgdorferi flaB Gene Paralogs Can Detect a Single Bacterium for the Diagnosis of Lyme Disease Spirochetemia, Reported Milford Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory Sin ...

The Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department (HCS) released their 2024 test results for blacklegged ticks, ...

Lyme disease is caused by the bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi.This corkscrew-shaped bacteria is spread through the bite of an infected black-legged tick, or deer tick, lxodes scapularis, in the ...

Predicting Lyme disease hotspots can help public health officials guide ... Tran, T., et al. (2022) Predicting spatio-temporal population patterns of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease ...

In 1988, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that there were about 400,000 cases of Lyme disease in the country; by 2018, that number had increased to nearly half a ...

Lyme disease is not rare; in fact, it is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States. Despite being widespread, ...

What are the symptoms and how can it be treated? - Lyme Disease UK has warned that the disease is on the rise in the UK ...