Researchers identify cell group key to Lyme disease arthritis
..., a type of fat, found in the membrane of Borrelia burgdorferi triggered an immune response from the NK T cells. ...in the lab was to get ticks infected with Borrelia burgdorferi from collaborators at the University of Connecticu... far, he has identified two such bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi and Sphingomonas species, a fairly benign bacteria...Injectable Antibiotic Protects Against Lyme Disease in Mice
...th 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 granulocytic...University of Pennsylvania study reveals inconspicuous hosts in the Lyme disease epidemic
...o feeding ticks, although they are a major cause of the elevated tick densities that are important for the spread of the disease to humans. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, is transmitted to humans by infected, blacklegged ticks. The ticks, infected as larvae during ...Antibody responses in patients with Lyme arthritis
... teamed up to study antibody responses to Borrelia burgdorferi in patients with antibiotic-refractory or antibiot...mples were tested for IgG reactivity with Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria and 4 outer surface lipoproteins of the s...otic-treated patients, antibody titers to Borrelia burgdorferi remained high throughout a prolonged period of per...Lyme Disease Relapse Often a New Infection
...isease, which affects about 20,000 Americans a year, is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi , a bacterium that's transmitted to humans by deer ticks. About 95 percent ...eas where deer ticks are common, the researchers said. They analyzed B. burgdorferi genotypes from skin biopsies of 272 people diagnosed with Lyme diseases be...Borrelia burgdorferi C6 Peptide Antibodies, Total by ELISA with Reflex to IgG by Western Blot
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Borrelia burgdorferi C6 Peptide Antibodies, Total by ELISA with Reflex to IgG & IgM by Western Blot
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Borrelia burgdorferi C6 Peptide Antibodies, Total by ELISA (CSF)
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Borrelia burgdorferi C6 Peptide Antibodies, Total by ELISA
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Borrelia burgdorferi by PCR (Lyme Disease)
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Borrelia burgdorferi Antibody, IgG by Western Blot
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Borrelia burgdorferi Antibody, IgM by Western Blot (CSF)
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Borrelia burgdorferi Antibody, IgM by Western Blot
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...A new view on Lyme disease: Rodents hold the key to annual risk
...tor 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 humans. Since hum...