Borrelia

A disease caused by the bacterium which is belongs to the class of Spirochaetes which implies cockscrew-shaped. This bacterial infection is caused by four species. Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia mayonii cause the disease in the United States, while in Europe and Asia it is Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii. A person can acquire Lyme disease by the bite of an infected tick. This disease is transmitted by deer ticks or black-legged ticks. Ticks are tiny in size and as their bite is painless

bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. A group of children in Old Lyme, Connecticut, had mysterious arthritis-like symptoms and led to being identified in 1975. Because Lyme Disease symptoms copies many other diseases,Lyme Disease is also known as “The Great Imitator,”. It is important to this course because it affects any organ of the body, including the brain and nervous system, muscles and joints, and the heart. Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. Borrelia

information table - ASHLEY THAPA Name of infectious disease Lyme disease First discovered or described (name of person and date) First discovered or described (name of person and date) Lyme disease is an infection caused by a bacteria known as Borrelia. In the early 1970s, a group of children and adults were suffering from some puzzling health issues. Though they were unsure of the cause. Finally, in mid-1970, researchers found out it was the Lyme disease but still was unsure of what caused it

Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness, a disease caused by a bacterium borrelia burgdorferi, borrelia mayonii, borrelia afzelii, and or borrelia garinii. The bacterium borrelia burgdorferi is the causative agent in the United States. There are fifty-two known types of borrelia and twenty-one of those are the lyme disease group. Borrelia is from an infected tick bite by a blacklegged tick. The infection from the bite will enter through the skin through that bite and it will make its way to and through

The nymph is the main developmental stage were the tick can take the blood from in organism and transmit pathogens into its bloodstream leading to infections. The main and causative pathogen given in cases of Lyme Disease is known as Borrelia Burgdorferi. Borrelia Burgdorferi is a spiral-shaped bacteria called a spirochete. Lyme spirochetes can cause a horrible multisystemic

Borrelia burgdorferi Inner Membrane Protein BB0173 Christina Small1, Manuel Bano2, Ismael Mingarro2 and Maria Esteve-Gassent1 1Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station TX. 2 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain.   ABSTRACT The bacterial spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi is the causative agent of the most commonly reported

life altering disease. This disease, which can change a life forever is known as Lyme disease. All diseases have a causative agent, a biological pathogen that causes the disease. In Lyme disease, the causative agent is a harmful bacteria called Borrelia burgdoferi. That being said, every disease is transmitted in one way or the other. In this case, Lyme disease is transmitted through a vector. That vector being a deer tick or in the Western United States, a black-legged tick. In order to contract

at first by a fever, headache, chills, and a rash and later by arthritis, cardiac, and neurological disorders, caused by bacteria that is spread by ticks. Lyme disease is common in North America, Europe, and Asia and is caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi. Infected ticks spread the bacteria by biting people or animals. There are two kinds of ticks that carry Lyme disease in the U.S.. They are the deer tick, found in the Northeast and Midwest, and the western black-legged tick, predominantly

classified as a zoonosis, a disease that is spread from animals to humans. Humans acquire this disease through the bite of contaminated deer ticks. The tick contracts different kinds of Borrelia bacteria by feeding on deer and mice. Any human that the tick bites afterwards may be at risk for developing the disease. Once the Borrelia enters the human bloodstream, the bacteria begins attacking body systems. Some of the organs include the brain, heart, and joints, but all organs are at risk. Symptoms include

Lyme disease is an illness that is caused by a Borrelia bacteria. This disease is spread to humans through the bite of an infected tick that carries the pathogen. The main reservoir of the Lyme disease pathogen is usually a mouse, but any small mammal can act as the reservoir if it has been contaminated by the infected tick (either in the larval or nymph stage). The bacteria can then be passed on to a human host. Transmission of the pathogen could occur with as soon as twenty-four hours after the