Recently published study suggests that Lyme Disease in humans in the South is more common than was previously thought...

Recently published study suggests that Lyme Disease in humans in the South is more common than was previously thought...

"The study findings suggest that human cases of Lyme disease in the southern U.S. may be more common than previously recognized, and may also be caused by more than one species of B. burgdorferi sensu lato."

"This study provides further evidence that B. burgdorferi sensu stricto is not the only species associated with signs and/or symptoms consistent with Lyme borreliosis in the USA."

Geographic and genospecies distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato DNA detected in...

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The present study investigated the cause of illness in human patients primarily in the southern United States with suspected Lyme disease based upon erythema migrans (EM)-like skin lesions and/or symptoms consistent...