Spirochetes Unwound

Blogging about those twisty bacteria known as spirochetes

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Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Xenodiagnosis to detect Borrelia burgdorferi in humans

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We've seen that live Borrelia burgdorferi persists (in unculturable form) when infected mice are treated with antibiotics.  What we do...
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Saturday, May 14, 2016

Resurgence of Borrelia burgdorferi in mice a year after antibiotic treatment

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As a follow up to my previous post , I would like to say something about several mouse studies from Stephen Barthold's group.  These pap...
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Saturday, April 23, 2016

Long-term antibiotics for those with chronic symptoms that may or may not be related to Lyme disease

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A Lyme disease study published a few weeks ago in the New England Journal of Medicine has received a lot of coverage in the press .  Accord...
Monday, March 21, 2016

The genomes of 20 species of Leptospira

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A massive study describing the genomes of 20 species of Leptospira was published a few weeks ago in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases .  Th...
Thursday, February 11, 2016

How a new species of Lyme disease bacteria was discovered

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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...
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