Spirochetes Unwound
Blogging about those twisty bacteria known as spirochetes
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Saturday, June 4, 2011
Membrane fusion between
Borrelia
spirochetes, a new type of bacterial interaction
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It's not unusual for bacteria to collide while swimming around in culture medium. When this happens, the bacteria simply bounce off eac...
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Sunday, May 1, 2011
A new attenuated leptospirosis vaccine protects hamsters from lethal infection by more than one serovar of
Leptospira
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Scientists have demonstrated that a new attenuated leptospirosis vaccine protects laboratory hamsters from being killed by Leptospira , even...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Dual role of TLR8 during the engulfment of Lyme disease spirochetes by human monocytes
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For the first time scientists have shown that Toll-like receptor 8 (TLR8), a microbial RNA sensor located inside phagocytes, detects what is...
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Serologic testing for syphilis: missing the point
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You may have seen several news sources touting the recent CDC finding that nearly one in five positive reactions with a newer syphilis tes...
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Another reason not to own a pet rat
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A pair of European doctors wrote about the trials of a 37-year-old man who came down with Weil's disease, a severe form of leptospirosis...
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