Lyme disease Borrelia are obligately parasitic, tick-transmitted, invasive, persistent bacterial
pathogens that cause disease in humans and non-reservoir vertebrates primarily through …

Since its identification nearly 30 years ago, Lyme disease has continued to spread, and
there have been increasing numbers of cases in the northeastern and north central US. The …

Borrelia burgdorferi is the etiologic agent of Lyme disease, the most prevalent arthropod-
borne disease in the United States. The genome of the type strain, B31, consists of a …

Human pathogenic spirochetes causing Lyme disease belong to the Borrelia burgdorferi
sensu lato complex. Borrelia burgdorferi organisms are extracellular pathogens transmitted …

Borrelia burgdorferi, a spirochaete that causes Lyme borreliosis, contains 21 linear and
circular plasmids thought to be important for survival in mammals or ticks. Our results …

Before the first description of Lyme arthritis in 1976, patients with this disease were often
thought to have juvenile or adult rheumatoid arthritis. It is now known that Lyme arthritis is …

Lyme disease is a tick-borne infection that can lead to chronic, debilitating problems if not
recognized or treated appropriately. Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme …

Borrelia burgdorferi undergoes differential gene expression during transmission from its tick
vector to a vertebrate host. The addition of blood to a spirochete culture at 35° C for 48 h had …

B orrelia burgdorferi, the agent of L yme disease, is maintained in nature within an enzootic
cycle involving a mammalian reservoir and an I xodes sp. tick vector. The transmission …

Borreliosis (Lyme disease) is a spirochetal disease caused by the species complex of
Borrelia burgdorferi transmitted by Ixodes spp. ticks. Recorded to be the most common tick …