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

The widely-used antibiotic piperacillin eradicated Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochete bacterium causing Lyme disease, at concentrations 100 times lower than doxycycline, the current standard ...

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

Researchers studied blood samples from 9,000 Midwest residents suspected of having Lyme disease and found just six of the samples contained bacteria genetically distinct from B. burgdorferi.

Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium known as Borrelia burgdorferi and rarely, borrelia mayonii, which is transmitted to humans after an infected blacklegged tick bites them, per the Centers for ...

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

Each year, tens of thousands of North Americans and Europeans become infected with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the group of related tick-borne spirochetes that cause Lyme disease (Box 1).

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 ...

In recent years, the CDC has received reports of 20,000 to 30,000 confirmed cases of Lyme disease annually. In 2017, Lyme disease cases soared to 42,743 reported cases.

Many people associate Lyme disease with an erythema migrans rash, which resembles a bull’s-eye or target. However, the CDC notes that a rash may not occur in 20–30% of all Lyme disease cases.

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 ...

Both humans and dogs can get Lyme disease through infection of the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. The infection spreads through deer tick bites, known as Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus.