In contrast, recent studies indicate that MD is a true somatic illness associated with tickborne infection ... Previously, spirochetes have been detected in the dermatological specimens from ...

2008;3(6):621-624. Lyme disease is a controversial illness, and the existence of chronic Lyme disease induced by persistent infection with the Lyme spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, is the subject ...

This project builds on recent work reporting tick transmission of relapsing fever spirochetes and genome sequencing of both the pathogen and tick vector. We have utilized both next generation and ...