Spirochetes Unwound

A topical antibiotic cream applied to tick bites did not perform any better than placebo in preventing Lyme disease, according to results of...

A new agent of the tick-borne illness known as Lyme disease has emerged in the upper Midwest.  The bacterium is genetically related to Borre...

According to the current view of Lyme disease pathogenesis, tissue damage is caused by the inflammatory response to the spirochetes.  Borrel...

Infection by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi , if left untreated, can lead to a form of Lyme disease called Lyme arthritis.  About 10% o...

Here are some of my favorite spirochete papers from 2012.  Direct access to all research articles (some behind a paywall) is provided via th...

Feeding Ixodes ticks harboring Borrelia burgdorferi deposit the Lyme disease spirochete in the skin of the victim.  The spirochetes remain...

In the northeastern United States the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi spreads from one white-footed mouse to another by hitchi...

One of the characteristic features of Lyme disease is lymphadenopathy or swollen lymph nodes.  It's not too surprising when a lymph nod...

Conventional vaccines target the surface components or secreted toxins of pathogens.  Erol Fikrig's group at Yale University has been ex...