Lyme disease in humans

JD Radolf, K Strle, JE Lemieux, F Strle - Current issues in molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Lyme disease pathogenesis

J Coburn, B Garcia, LT Hu, MW Jewett… - Current issues in …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lyme disease Borrelia are obligately parasitic, tick-transmitted, invasive, persistent bacterial
pathogens that cause disease in humans and non-reservoir vertebrates primarily through …

The evolving story of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato transmission in Europe

A Steinbrink, K Brugger, G Margos, P Kraiczy… - Parasitology …, 2022 - Springer
Beside mosquitoes, ticks are well-known vectors of different human pathogens. In the
Northern Hemisphere, Lyme borreliosis (Eurasia, LB) or Lyme disease (North America, LD) …

Borrelia burgdorferi BBK32 Inhibits the Classical Pathway by Blocking Activation of the C1 Complement Complex

BL Garcia, H Zhi, B Wager, M Höök, JT Skare - PLoS pathogens, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Pathogens that traffic in blood, lymphatics, or interstitial fluids must adopt strategies to evade
innate immune defenses, notably the complement system. Through recruitment of host …

Complement evasion by Lyme disease spirochetes

JT Skare, BL Garcia - Trends in microbiology, 2020 - cell.com
The complement system is an ancient arm of the innate immune system that plays important
roles in pathogen recognition and elimination. Upon activation by microbes, complement …

Borrelia burgdorferi Manipulates Innate and Adaptive Immunity to Establish Persistence in Rodent Reservoir Hosts

KE Tracy, N Baumgarth - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species complex is capable of establishing persistent
infections in a wide variety of species, particularly rodents. Infection is asymptomatic or mild …

The RpoS Gatekeeper in Borrelia burgdorferi: An Invariant Regulatory Scheme That Promotes Spirochete Persistence in Reservoir Hosts and Niche Diversity

MJ Caimano, AM Groshong, A Belperron… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Maintenance of Borrelia burgdorferi within its enzootic cycle requires a complex regulatory
pathway involving the alternative σ factors RpoN and RpoS and two ancillary trans-acting …

Pathogenicity and virulence of Borrelia burgdorferi

M Strnad, N Rudenko, ROM Rego - Virulence, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Infection with Borrelia burgdorferi often triggers pathophysiologic perturbations that are
further augmented by the inflammatory responses of the host, resulting in the severe clinical …

Strain-specific joint invasion and colonization by Lyme disease spirochetes is promoted by outer surface protein C

YP Lin, X Tan, JA Caine, M Castellanos… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, B. afzelii and B. garinii, is a chronic, multi-
systemic infection and the spectrum of tissues affected can vary with the Lyme disease …

Comprehensive spatial analysis of the Borrelia burgdorferi lipoproteome reveals a compartmentalization bias toward the bacterial surface

AS Dowdell, MD Murphy, C Azodi… - Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi is unique among bacteria in
its large number of lipoproteins that are encoded by a small, exceptionally fragmented, and …