Persisting viable but non-cultivable B. burgdorferi is now a convincing phenomenon

Dr. Stephen Barthold, who during his congressional testimony said: “Persisting viable but non-cultivable B. burgdorferi is now a convincing phenomenon based upon a number of animal-based (mouse, dog and primate) studies using a number of different antibiotics, and the significance of continued infection indeed needs to be better understood. It is time to recognize that Lyme disease is not a simple bacterial infection.” - See more at: 

 

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