Borrelia

Lyme disease Foundation and this standpoint is also recognized by Health Canada. (Magnotta, 2015). The human body takes several weeks for humans to create antibodies at detectable levels. This limits the detection of the various genotypes of the borrelia bacteria, from the procedures used, which in effect, is allowing late stage serology to occur. According to Dr. Ralph Hawkins, who is a General internal site lead at Calgary’s South Health Campus Hospital and a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Bacteria are single-cell microorganisms that cannot be seen by the naked human eye. Bacteria are in many different classifications. Anaerobic bacteria, also known as anaerobes, are bacteria that do not survive with the assistance of oxygen. Generally, in humans they live in the gastrointestinal tract, but are also found in other places outside the body, such as, in soil and water, in foods, and in animals. Some anaerobes are beneficial to humans, although many others can cause sicknesses, such as

Transition: Let me start by telling you what Lyme disease is and how it is transmitted. Body Lyme is a disease that is transmitted through the bite of a tick. "It is caused by a spirochete – which is a corkscrew shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi" (About Lyme Disease. 2017). (Show Photo) Ticks don’t start out being infected with Lyme.

Background: Definition of the condition: Lyme disease is named after the town of Old Lyme in Connecticut, where the first cases of Lyme disease (LD) were discovered in 1975. About twelve children, who lived in the same area of this town, were diagnosed with arthritis which was discovered to be caused by Lyme disease (Levi et al., 2012). In 1982, a scientist named Willy Burgdorfer and his coworkers, established the link between ticks and the transmission of Borralis bacteria which is proven to result

concentrated in upper Midwest and northeast United States1. This report has been compiled to provide recommendations for antimicrobial prophylactic treatment of Lyme disease once a patient encounters a tick bite. Lyme disease is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted by Ixodes dammini, otherwise known as the deer tick3. B. burgdorferi lives in the midgut of the deer tick, and becomes active after a tick’s gut is filled with warm blood from a host. Ticks are only able to transmit

The world is full of questions, but over time science has provided answers to many of them. Science, biology in particular, fascinates me. One theory can provide answers to hundreds of questions while forming thousands of other questions at the same time. While these questions form the base of my interest in biology, my experience in a biomedical program last summer specified my fascination to diseases. For a month, I identified different types of bacteria in a UC Davis laboratory. The month-long

With the recent events involving climate change, environmental diseases such as lyme disease have spread to first world countries. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection of the Borrelia burgdorferi spread by infected ticks (CDC, 2015). The blacklegged tick spreads the disease in the northeastern, mid-Atlantic, and north-central America, while the western blacklegged tick spreads the disease along the west coast (CDC, 2015). Since many of the ticks that are potential carriers of lyme are active during

This is primarily because Lyme disease symptoms mimic several other diseases. People who spend time outdoors are at higher risk for tick bites, as are children. The disease can affect people of all ages. Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia Burgdorferi (BB). The tick acquires the virus when it feeds on wild animal hosts such as rodents and birds. Once the tick becomes infected it is able to transmit the BB to other animals and/or humans. The spread of the BB bacteria into the central

one particular infection, Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis and how it is developed and treated. The Disease Itself Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis (NUG) is a bacterial infection that is composed of bacillus and spirochete bacteria (Borrelia vincentii). Borrelia vincentii resides in the oral cavity where it is harmless under normal conditions. When the bacteria are altered and able to grow past normal conditions is when it can be harmful. NUG is also known as Acute Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis

burgdorferi. • Western Blot o Positive for antibodies to several proteins of B. burgdorferi. Primary Diagnosis Lyme Disease due to being infected with the spirochete Borrelia burgdorfer. Resulted from most likely being bitten by a tick while camping in the mountains of upstate New York; a common place for ticks to live. Pathophysiology Lyme disease is a zoonotic, vector-borne disease transmitted by the Ixodes tick