Eventually, doctors discovered the culprit: Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria behind Lyme disease, had invaded her brain. Antibiotics restored her health, but the journey underscored a critical ...

Borrelia burgdorferi: A type of bacteria that causes Lyme disease, transmitted through tick bites. Lipoproteins: Molecules made of lipids and proteins that play various roles in the body ...

There’s an epidemic of tick-transmitted Lyme disease, with possibly 476,000 people a year diagnosed and treated in the U.S.

The deadly sin of pride (the self filled with self) hides in a psychological blind spot and will do anything to avoid ...

Q. Can you get Lyme disease in Hawaii? A. It’s possible, but the odds are against it. This is from the Hawaii State Department of Health: “Lyme disease is an illness caused by bacteria ...

burgdorferi. Using quantitative PCR to detect the bacteria, the researchers found that 80 percent of mice vaccinated with OspA mRNA were protected from B. burgdorferi infection compared to 50 percent ...

Work by a team of Penn scientists and colleagues has led to predictive models that can forecast the prevalence and distribution of ticks infected with Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that ...

Conclusions Our study using multiple detection methods confirms that MD is a true somatic illness associated with Borrelia spirochetes that cause Lyme disease. Further studies are needed to ...

Bartonella are a group of vector-borne bacteria transmitted primarily ... caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. In the latest study, the sudden onset of neurological symptoms in a 10 ...

VLA15 targets the outer surface protein A (OspA) of the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria that causes Lyme disease, a tick-borne infection that causes a characteristic rash that can be accompanied by ...

The University of New Haven established Lyme disease research 8 years ago. To date, over 90 graduate students have received training in Lyme disease related research. The Lyme disease research group ...