Researchers at the University of Helsinki have discovered a novel mechanism by which Borrelia bacteria distributed by ticks avoid the human immune defence system. A study conducted at the University ...

Inside a cell it is so crowded that a certain protein from borrelia winds up being crunched. From having been like an oblong rugby football, it gets bent and then collapses into a lump. At this point ...

There’s a new Borrelia bacterium on the block, joining its cousin in causing Lyme disease. B. mayonii has recently been identified as a new cause of Lyme in the Midwest. So far, the new species has ...

Research published in PLOS Pathogens highlights a cell wall–driven trigger of joint inflammation, pointing to new ways to ...

The most common tick-borne disease in humans is Lyme borreliosis. Extensive field and laboratory tests have revealed that the Borrelia bacterium is present in a larger proportion of ticks than has ...

Researchers at the University of Bradford have taken part in analysis which has found how ancient DNA for a type of bacteria which causes a fever has evolved over thousands of years. Borrelia ...

Now that spring seems to be arriving (more slowly in some places than in others) in the Northern Hemisphere, more people are venturing out into nature. But when we wander around in wooded areas or ...

The tick-borne borreliae are the causative agents of relapsing fever and Lyme disease worldwide. Borrelia spirochaetes are motile, helical, microaerophilic organisms that have flagellae located within ...

Scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with researchers at the Mayo Clinic, have identified a new species of bacteria that causes Lyme disease. Borrelia mayonii ...

Marianne J Middelveen; Cheryl Bandoski; Jennie Burke; Eva Sapi; Katherine R Filush; Yean Wang; Agustin Franco; Peter J Mayne; Raphael B Stricker Based on our experience with several hundred MD ...