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

There’s a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi that’s been causing a lot of grief lately. In the body of a small mammal or ...

Lyme disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia mayonii, bacteria found in the saliva of infected black-legged ...

Box 1. Nomenclature of Borrelia burgdorferisensu lato genospecies. Box 2. Operational definition of chronic Lyme disease published by the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society.

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 ...

Chronic Lyme disease, or post-treatment Lyme disease, presents with similar symptoms, suggesting that infections with the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi also can trigger these symptoms.

will use the contract funding to study the human response to Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that is spread through a tick bite and causes Lyme disease. The goal is to identify which ...

In January 2020, Justin Bieber revealed he was diagnosed with Lyme disease, "a multi-system bacterial infection caused by the spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted to humans ...

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 ...