An interesting paper on Lyme borreliosis and lymph node immune cells...

An interesting paper on Lyme borreliosis and lymph node immune cells...

http://iai.asm.org/content/early/2014/01/15/IAI.00969-13.abstract
Researchers looking at ME/CFS patients seem to find such similar things going on in the B cells and lymph nodes.
<<Thus, B. burgdorferi infection drives the production of Type I IFN in lymph nodes and in so doing strongly alters the cellular composition of the lymph nodes, with potential detrimental effects for the development of robust Borrelia-specific immunity.>>

MyD88 and TRIF-independent induction of Type I IFN drives naive B cell accumulation but not loss...

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Rapidly after infection, live Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease is found within lymph...