HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Patients who believe they suffer long-term problems from Lyme disease are claiming victory over a national doctors group....
... and re-emerging diseases worldwide, including syphilis, leptospirosis, relapsing fever, and Lyme disease. The mechanism by which they disseminate from the blood to target sites is unknown. Direct ...
... the first direct visualization of the dissemination of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. This real-time, three-dimensional look at spirochete dissemination in a living ...
Scientists have discovered that a certain clone of Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochete that causes Lyme disease, appears to be the most common strain causing Lyme disease in North America and Europe, ...
Lyme disease can be maddeningly difficult to diagnose.
A physician sought out by patients for his particular approach to treating Lyme disease is speaking out about a College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. investigation into his views and practices ...
... NK T cells to aide in fighting this disease." Sellati added that "NK T cells ... following infection and were important for killing and clearing the Lyme disease bacteria," he said, noting that the latest ...
LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've identified a group of natural killer T cells that play an important role in fighting Lyme disease.
... to function, something most other pathogens need to survive.
"Out of the thousands of bacteria known, the Lyme disease agent and only one or two other bacterial species do not require iron for growth ...
... in the Sunday shooting death of a church pastor blames Lyme disease for his mental problems. However, leading disease specialists say there's no convincing evidence linking the tickborne ...
... warming could impact infectious disease, scientists have determined that climate impacts the severity of Lyme Disease by influencing the feeding patterns of deer ticks that carry and transmit it.
... south you can get in Canada. The Public Health Agency of Canada says the ticks that carry Lyme disease have been found in other parts of southern Ontario as well as Nova Scotia, Manitoba and British ...
... Journal) http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg1221.pdf (www.cmaj.ca). Lyme disease ... in southern British Columbia, although the prevalence of the Lyme disease agent (Borrelia burgdorferi) in those populations is ...
... develop arthritis, which affects the knees in particular. Lyme disease usually responds well to antibiotic ... joint fluid samples from 124 patients with Lyme arthritis who were seen over a 30-year period ...
... effective at reducing the number of ticks infected with the Lyme disease bacterium in a six-year study ... Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island --- where the disease is endemic.
