Researchers identify cell group key to Lyme disease arthritis
... model of Lyme disease. Lyme disease is caused by borrelia burgdorferi, a bacterium transmitted to humans by ... chronic joint inflammation after infection with borrelia burgdorferi," published this week in the online ... a type of fat, found in the membrane of borrelia burgdorferi triggered an immune response from the ...Antibody responses in patients with Lyme arthritis
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... can become a serious medical problem." Ticks can carry Lyme disease, which is caused by one of three species of bacteria belonging to the genus borrelia . In 70 to 80 percent of cases, the first symptom is a bull's eye-shaped skin rash called erythema migrans, which shows up between three and 30 days ...When Are Antibiotics for Lyme Disease Medically Necessary?
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... with approximately 20,000 new cases diagnosed in 2006, according to the CDC. It's transmitted by blacklegged ticks infected with the bacterium borrelia burgdorferi . The ticks are common in the upper Midwest and Northeastern regions of the United States and can also carry other diseases such as human ...University of Pennsylvania study reveals inconspicuous hosts in the Lyme disease epidemic
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... bacteria that cause Lyme disease (called borrelia burgdorferi) in patients, animals or ticks from ... conditions in an attempt to identify and culture borrelia from ticks and patients' tissues. These ... co-workers have isolated and characterized 224 borrelia strains from five tick species and four species ...Tiny details in three dimensions
... cryo-tomography microscope, the previously unknown detailed structure of the spirochete bacteria can be shown in three dimensions. One finding that borrelia types in North America more often affect the joints and in Europe the skin and nervous system as well seems to stem from the characteristics of ...Scripps research scientists identify blood component that turns bacteria virulent
... B. anthracis to become virulent. This finding also is significant because other pathogenic bacteria such as Streptococcus pyogenes, Escherichia coli, borrelia burgdorferi, and Vibrio cholera have bicarbonate transport pathways similar to B. anthracis and thus are likely to have similar virulence triggering ...American Society for Microbiology honors Joanna Kubler-Kielb
... 2007 paper Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Highlights of her research include elucidating the structure of glycolipids from borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, and her contributions toward developing a new candidate vaccine against anthrax. Her dedication to ...A new view on Lyme disease: Rodents hold the key to annual risk
... by a vector that picks up the pathogen during a blood meal from a vertebrate host. In the eastern and central United States, the spirochete bacterium borrelia burgdorferi infects blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis, which feed on a wide variety of birds, lizards, and mammals, including mice, deer, and ...Researchers identify protein crucial for survival of Lyme-disease bacterium
... host, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. The findings suggest that the protein, called BptA, is essential for the bacterium borrelia burgdorfei (Bb) to survive in the gut of its tick host and may offer a potential new target for agents aimed at eradicating Lyme disease. Results ...