Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) is a tick-borne, zoonosis of adults and children caused by
genospecies of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex. The ailment, widespread …

Infectious agents can trigger autoimmune responses in a number of chronic inflammatory
diseases. Lyme arthritis, which is caused by the tick-transmitted spirochaete Borrelia …

The incidence of Lyme disease, a tick-borne bacterial infection, is dramatically increasing in
North America. The diagnosis of Lyme carditis (LC), an early disseminated manifestation of …

Cardiac involvement is a rare but relevant manifestation of Lyme disease that frequently
presents as atrioventricular block (AVB). Immune-mediated injury has been implicated in the …

The mammalian host responds to infection with Borrelia spirochetes through a highly
orchestrated immune defense involving innate and adaptive effector functions aimed toward …

Nonhuman primates currently serve as the best experimental model for Lyme disease
because of their close genetic homology with humans and demonstration of all three phases …

Lyme disease (LD), caused by bacteria of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species
complex, is the most common vector-borne disease in North America and Europe. A …

Lyme disease arises from infection with pathogenic Borrelia species. In Canada, current
case definition for confirmed Lyme disease requires serological confirmation by both a …

Lyme carditis is an uncommon manifestation of Lyme disease. Most cases present with heart
block of varying degrees, but the spectrum of disease includes other transient arrhythmias …

We describe 3 adult patients who did not have COVID-19 but instead had a treatable tick-
borne infection. In each case, however, the duration of time until diagnosis was delayed due …