Infection and Immunity, Apr. 2025. Ixodes scapularis ticks are an important vector for at least seven tick-borne human p…
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Lipid scavenging by the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi
Plos Pathogens, Dec. 2025. Lyme disease is caused by the host-adapted spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. With a genome of …
Toll-like receptor 1 polymorphism is associated with impaired immune tolerance, dysregulated inflammatory responses to Borrelia burgdorferi, and heightened risk of post-infectious Lyme arthritis
Frontiers in Immunology, Nov 2025. Introduction: Clinical presentation of Lyme disease is largely due to host immune res…
Microbial genetic variation impacts host eco-immunological strategies and microparasite fitness in Lyme borreliae-reptile system
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Nov 2025. Tolerance and resistance are two host eco-immunological strategies in response …
Guidance on the management of asymptomatic blood donors who test positive for Babesia
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Dec 2025. Description: Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease that is endemic in the United St…
Lyme Disease
Annals of Internal Medicine 2025. Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, is the most common vector-borne disease…
