#BorreliaBurgdorferi
How do #ticks manipulate the human #immunesystem in order to introduce pathogens?

A team led by #MedUniVienna shows that tick saliva alters skin immune responses, helping transmit #BorreliaBurgdorferi - the cause of #LymeDisease.

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Tick saliva alters immune response of skin cells
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www.meduniwien.ac.at
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
RECOGNITION OF LONG-TERM AND CHRONIC LYME-RELATED SYMPTOMS MARKS A CRUCIAL BREAKTHROUGH

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Read the full article in Emerging Infectious Diseases by the CDC:
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...

#lyme #lymedisease #borreliaburgdorferi #chronicsymptoms #pais #cdc
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
ERKENNING VOOR LANGDURIGE EN CHRONISCHE KLACHTEN NA LYME ZET CRUCIALE DOORBRAAK IN GANG

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Lees het volledige artikel in Emerging Infectious Diseases van het CDC:
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...

#lyme #ziektevanlyme #borreliaburgdorferi #chronischeklachten #pais #cdc
November 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This study shows that in low-incidence states like Arkansas, a positive #Lyme test is 30 times more likely to be a false positive than a true positive, underscoring the need to prioritize alternative diagnoses before testing. #BorreliaBurgdorferi

#OpenAccess: zoonoses-journal.org/index.php/20...
How Prevalence Influences the Interpretation of Lyme Disease Test Results in a High-Incidence State (Wisconsin) Versus a Low-Incidence State (Arkansas)
A study on how a positive Lyme test is 30 times more likely to be a false positive in low-incidence states, underscoring alternative diagnoses before testing.
zoonoses-journal.org
September 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Telomere-to-telomere assembly detects genomic diversity in Canadian strains of Borrelia burgdorferi
Amin, A., Blanchette, M. et al.
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#BorreliaBurgdorferi #TelomereDiversity #CanadianStrains
July 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
TODAY's @johnshopkinsmmi.bsky.social Postdoc Summer Research Forum features Houhong Zhang, PhD, of the Dimopoulos Lab and Shilpa Sachan, PhD of the Baumgarth Lab.

All members of the @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social & @jhu.edu communities may attend.

#PlasmodiumFalciparum #BorreliaBurgdorferi
July 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Machine Learning-Driven Identification of Virulence Determinants in Borrelia burgdorferi Associated with Human Dissemination
Brissette, C. A., Nguyen, H. T.
Paper
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#MachineLearningVirulence #BorreliaBurgdorferi #InfectiousDiseaseResearch
July 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM